#avrocar

Rare photograph of the Avrocar, a secret experimental aircraft developed by Avro Canada for the United States military in the 1950s. 

The Avrocar was designed as a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) craft, intended to function as a "flying saucer" for the U.S. Army and Air Force.  

Despite significant investment, the project was shuttered in the early 1960s as the technology could not achieve the desired supersonic speeds or stability. 

The Fascinating History of the Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar

The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar is a unique piece of aviation history. Developed in the 1950s by Avro Canada, this experimental VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft was designed to explore the potential of disk-shaped flying machines. The Avrocar was part of a secret U.S. military project during the Cold War, aiming to create a high-speed, high-altitude fighter aircraft. Despite its ambitious goals, the project faced numerous technical challenges and was eventually canceled in 1961.

The Avrocar’s design featured a circular shape, resembling a flying saucer, and was intended to utilize the Coandă effect for lift and thrust. Although it never achieved operational status, the Avrocar remains a fascinating example of innovative aerospace engineering.

Key Features:

Type: Experimental VTOL aircraft

Manufacturer: Avro Canada

First Flight: November 12, 1959

Project Duration: 1958-1961

Primary Users: Intended for the U.S. Air Force and Army

Avrocar is a model of a flying saucer that was built in the mid-1950s. It was developed by Avro Canada to test new technologies and techniques. The VZ-9AV Avrocar flew at Mach 4, or four times the speed of sound. The Avrocar was also unique in that it was the very first aircraft to be designed from the outset as a flying saucer.

It is the only known example of this type ever built, although many other flying saucer designs have been proposed since then.

It was designed to test flight controls and aerodynamics, and also to provide an environment for research into human performance at high speeds and altitudes, which would later be used to design jet fighter aircraft.

The car had two engines mounted in tandem on each side of the fuselage; there were no tail surfaces. To prevent the car from flipping over during takeoff, there were no wheels or tracks.

Anche grazie agli studi di Leonardo da Vinci sui volatili, l’aeroplano è nato con le ali ed è rimasto più o meno così fino a oggi. Ma la forma dell’ala – e la sua capacità di creare una forza portante quando investita da un flusso d’aria – non è l’unica che si possa sfruttare per volare.

Ad esempio per alzarsi da terra si potrebbe sfruttare l’“effetto Coanda”: un fenomeno utilizzato per la prima volta dall’inventore romeno Henri Coanda nel 1910, benché fosse stato scoperto dal fisico britannico Thomas Young più di un secolo prima.

Aidoksi todennettu video lentävästä lautasesta

Video, jolla näkyy lentävä lautanen nousevan maasta, sanotaan olevan todennettu aihoksi. Sen on raportoitu olevan kylmän sodan aikainen huippusalainen USA:n armeijan video. Aluksen design on epäilemättä samanlainen kuin tunnetuimmat lentävät lautaset joita näkyy ympäri maailman.

Videolla näkyy UFO-tyylinen alus joka leijailee irti maasta. Aluksen väitetään olevan rakennettu huippusalaisessa USA:n armeijan projektissa nimeltään Avrocar.

Tiedemiehet, jotka ovat vastuussa UFOn rakentamisesta, uskoivat että kyseessä olisi aikansa seuraava suuri armeijan lentävä alus.

Suuri keskustuuletin antoi virtaa lentävälle lautaselle, joka oli aikansa vaihtoehto helikopterille.

Julkaistulla videolla näkyy salaisen aluksen testilento tuntemattomassa tukikohdassa. Aluksen tekijät toivoivat että sillä pääsisi 300 mailin tuntinopeuteen, kolmen kilometrin korkeuteen  995 mailin toimintasäteellä.

1940- ja 1950-luvuilla useat ihmiset raportoivat nähneensä lentäviä lautasia USA:ssa, ja monet uskoivat näiden olevan tällaisen kokeellisen aluksen testilentoja.

USA oli allokoinut miljoonia dollareita Avrocar-projektiin, mutta rahat lentävälle lautaselle lopulta loppuivat kesäkuussa 1961, ja projekti lopulta lakkautettiin.

Avrocarin tekijät havaitsivat, että se pystyi leijailemaan vain metrin kolmasosan maasta, se oli epävarma suurilla nopeuksilla ja liian äänekäs ollakseen taistelualus, mistä syistä projekti lopulta lakkautettiin.

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