Too much voltex generator NAL Quiet STOL research aircraft ASKA, Japan
Posted by CuiBapSano@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 30 comments
Posted by CuiBapSano@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 30 comments
Scrappy_The_Crow@reddit
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that it's a typo and you didn't really mean "voltex."
FuturePastNow@reddit
It... forms vortron?
postmodest@reddit
Hail Vectron!
Top-Information1234@reddit
Who‘s Viktor?
stlorca@reddit
Gimme the vektor, Viktor.
airfryerfuntime@reddit
He's Chinese, give him a break.
Coughx@reddit
Japanese folks sometimes mix up L and R in both speech and writing because the distinction doesn't exist in Japanese. らりるれろ can be spoken/translated either "ra ri ru re ro" or "la li lu le lo", so breaking the two sounds out into distinct consonants can be a bit confusing. So "Vortex" in katakana english is spelt ボルテックス lit. bo-ru(lu)-te-kku-su.
yoweigh@reddit
Samus' varia suit is actually just a mistranslation of barrier suit.
Scrappy_The_Crow@reddit
Be that as it may, we don't know OP is Japanese.
Coughx@reddit
Fair! They appear to be in Vietnam. My Vietnamese is not very good, but afaik they don't have the same mixup. Perhaps a typo then.
trooperjess@reddit
Could someone explain what we are looking at here?
atomicsnarl@reddit
Vortex generators - the little fins - are placed to turn the air moving over the area into a horizontal tornado. This swirl then sticks to the surface much better than unswirled air, which in turn provides more lift. See example here: Link The fin (vortex generator) on the side of the engine cowling makes the air stick to the upper side of the wing. Without it, the air flow would separate from the wing, reducing lift.
trooperjess@reddit
That is really cool. Thank you for the info
waldo--pepper@reddit
Funny how a typo can remind me of the baddie being named Voltan in a terrible movie from about 40 years ago. :)
corvus66a@reddit
Everybody knows what he means , right ? Spellcheck is often doing crazy things . Why are those “V-Generators” there ? I thought for lift you need a laminar flow ( I guess it should increase lift after the engine lick on C-17) ?
mbleyle@reddit
you don't need laminar flow for lift.
IndependentPrior5719@reddit
How long would this need for takeoff?
DreadnautVS@reddit
Could these be considered blown flaps?
One-Internal4240@reddit
Definitely power lift assist, borderline blown flap. Japan has some frankly amazing stol designs , including a ginormous flying boat that I swear just picks itself up and hucks itself off the water in like 100m.
ohygglo@reddit
What’s ”too much” mean here?
CuiBapSano@reddit (OP)
Matrical
ilovefuturama@reddit
Can we see the whole thing in like a 3rd pic??!
CuiBapSano@reddit (OP)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kawasaki_Asuka_in_the_Kakamigahara_Aerospace_Science_Museum?uselang=ja
ilovefuturama@reddit
Thank you 🫶
Constant_Proofreader@reddit
In my head, Riker keeps bellowing "Reverse the polarity!"
Max-entropy999@reddit
If you're gonna keep that flow attached through an adverse pressure gradient (and that is proper adverse), then you cannot have enough vortex generators. Gotta mix those layers.
Ragnarok_Stravius@reddit
Oh, A NAL jet!
BornImbalanced@reddit
Death metal band or failed bidet branding: you decide.
Claw-Potter@reddit
Even planes get Voltex parts now? Sheesh... /s
Fentron3000@reddit
*Vortex