NooneOfConsequence wrote on Jun 27
th, 2019 at 3:48pm:
Hmmm... I like your line of thinking CA, but I don’t think it would help here specifically. Energy that goes into the rotation doesn’t go into forward motion. You can put a lot of spin on a glande, but is this really “free” energy that can be converted into thrust? Or is it better to design a pouch that doesn’t induce spin to start with so that more energy goes into the forward motion?
It would be neat to build a glande that spins out of the pouch, discards a sabot cover, then changes directions and propellers up into the sky.
well as long as you have the right fin setup, then yes the rotation will cause it to accelerate.
They'll act as sccops/air rams, that funnel the air to the rear of the glande where it acts as extra thrust.
It's essentially an inpowered jet engine that uses the imparted rotation to power the 'engine'.
Like i said, it won't go far, but it will go fast