← Back to context Comment by jstanley 13 hours ago Possibly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship ? 2 comments jstanley Reply SamBam 13 hours ago Most of the sails in the article seemed to be rotor sails, but the suction sail mentioned by GP seems to be a type of turbosail.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosail m463 13 hours ago interesting that the rotor sail principle can be used with planes too:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_aviation(can't help but think "tilt rotor" of a different kind)
SamBam 13 hours ago Most of the sails in the article seemed to be rotor sails, but the suction sail mentioned by GP seems to be a type of turbosail.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosail m463 13 hours ago interesting that the rotor sail principle can be used with planes too:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_aviation(can't help but think "tilt rotor" of a different kind)
m463 13 hours ago interesting that the rotor sail principle can be used with planes too:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_aviation(can't help but think "tilt rotor" of a different kind)
Most of the sails in the article seemed to be rotor sails, but the suction sail mentioned by GP seems to be a type of turbosail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosail
interesting that the rotor sail principle can be used with planes too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_aviation
(can't help but think "tilt rotor" of a different kind)