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Originally Posted by freebeard
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Not to pick on Coanda, but his ' Coanda nozzle' airplane never flew.
Blown slots require more energy to power, than they save through drag reduction.
Aircraft operate in two-dimensional flow, trucks operate in three-dimensional flow.
If you had an 'over-unity' power supply available, I'd say 'go for it!'
But then, you'd have a 'jet' truck anyway, with free thrust.