The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar is a VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Canada as part of a secret U.S. military project carried out in the early years of the Cold War. [1] [2] The Avrocar intended to exploit the Coandă effect to provide lift and thrust from a single "turborotor" blowing exhaust out of the rim of the disk-shaped aircraft.

Dayton, Ohio -- Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar on display in the R&D Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Avrocar was the result of a Canadian effort to develop a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter-bomber in the early 1950s.

2022年8月22日 · The VZ-9AV Avro was without a doubt, a flying saucer, but this phrase was not coined until June 1947. A private pilot flying near Mt. Rainier in the Cascade Mountains in Washington state saw a group of nine strange, crescent-shaped craft flying over the mountains at very high speed.

2012年10月23日 · With its round design standing at nearly five feet tall and 18 feet wide, the Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar looks like something out of a 1950s science-fiction film. While it may look like something a martian would fly, the Avrocar is anything but science fiction.

Three Continental J-69 turbojet engines powered a centrally located fan with a diameter of 5 feet. Two prototypes rolled out of the factory in May and August of 1959 just months after the Arrow project had been cancelled.

2015年2月21日 · The VZ-9-AV Avrocar (official designation but often listed as VZ-9) was a Canadian VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft Ltd. as part of a secret U.S. military project carried out in the early years of the Cold War. The Avrocar intended to exploit the Coandă effect to provide lift and thrust from a single "turborotor"

Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar (Serial No. 58-7055), AV-7055. The Avrocar was the result of a Canadian effort to develop a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter-bomber in the early 1950s. However, its circular shape gave it the appearance of a “flying saucer” out of science fiction movies of the period.

2024年3月14日 · One such ambitious project was the VZ-9 Avrocar, a disc-shaped VTOL aircraft that promised to revolutionize military aviation. Despite the dazzling concept, control difficulties and mechanical inefficiencies ultimately led to its cancellation by the US military in 1961.

The Avrocar (VZ-9AV) was a prototype flying disk, which ascended vertically and, it was hoped, would eventually reach speeds of 1,500 mph. American engineers tinkered with the sleek design for years but were unable to solve severe stability problems, and it never flew more than 2.5 meters above the ground.

Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar. The Avrocar was the result of a Canadian effort to develop a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter-bomber in the early...