11 June 2026.
This morning I saw a picture of a skunkworks flying wing drone built in collaboration with a Californian company. I can't find it again. It looked like it had a round orifice in the centre. It made me wonder.
Could you create a flying wing drone with a propeller assembly in the middle of each wing, which when the drone was airborne, would swivel to a vertical orientation to provide propulsion forward.
3 options:
1] When the fan is oriented to the vertical to provide forward motion, there are two semicircular holes in the wing
2] When the fan is oriented to the vertical, the semicircular open area is filled in flush with the rest of the wing. this will reduce the effectiveness of the propeller.
3] When the fan is oriented to the vertical, the semicircular areas are filled in with airfoil shaped hardware that comes out of the wing fore and aft to help provide lift.
Would the propeller have to be modified to work best when providing forward motion because of the wing impeding the airflow.
These are all my ideas to date. I have not copied them from anywhere, except that Gemini AI provided the picture.
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