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It's all fun and games until the engine or propeller goes out....

Mustard on YouTube did a video on the French SNECMA Coléoptère, which had a ring for a wing. It tended to rotate while hovering, and hard to steer during landing.

(9 min) https://youtu.be/unz6mfjS4ws



Interesting, thanks. At the end (~6:50) there are a few seconds about the aerodynamics of the 'wing', which had been my first question.




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