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Old 01-23-2023, 09:28 PM   #136 (permalink)
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An electric blower energized Coanda nozzle* would only have to run intermittently, and could be modulated left to right to counter crossswind conditions.

Here's what bottomless money can get you:


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The vanes on the left are to contain air spilling off a square front edge, but turn it around and the first vane could eat the boundary layer with each successive one reducing the final section.

I don't understand the longitudinal flutes [blue] at all, but they're very popular in these circles. The upright paddles [red] as well.

*You could fabricate a Coanda nozzle by intermittently slotting a larg diameter pipe and bending the intervening tabs 90 degrees on each end. Maybe put it on the tailpipe[s]?
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