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- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar abstract "The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar was a VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) 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" blowing exhaust out the rim of the disk-shaped aircraft to provide anticipated VTOL-like performance. In the air, it would have resembled a flying saucer.Originally designed as a fighter-like aircraft capable of very high speeds and altitudes, the project was repeatedly scaled back over time and the U.S. Air Force eventually abandoned it. Development was then taken up by the U.S. Army for a tactical combat aircraft requirement, a sort of high-performance helicopter. In flight testing, the Avrocar proved to have unresolved thrust and stability problems that limited it to a degraded, low-performance flight envelope; subsequently, the project was cancelled in September 1961.Through the history of the program, the project was referred to by a number of different names. Avro referred to the efforts as Project Y, with individual vehicles known as Spade and Omega. Project Y-2 was later funded by the U.S. Air Force, who referred to it as WS-606A, Project 1794 and Project Silver Bug. When the U.S. Army joined the efforts it took on its final name "Avrocar", and the designation "VZ-9", part of the U.S. Army's VTOL projects in the VZ series.".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar designer John_Carver_Meadows_Frost.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar manufacturer Avro_Canada.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar numberBuilt "2".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar origin Canada.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar productionEndYear "1959".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar productionStartYear "1958".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar unitCost "1.0E7".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar wikiPageExternalLink 1.
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- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar wikiPageExternalLink Silverbug.pdf.
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- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar capacity "1".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar ceilingFt "10000".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar ceilingNote ",".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar crew "2".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar designer John_Carver_Meadows_Frost.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar diaFt "18".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar emptyWeightLb "3000".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar eng1Lbf "660".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar eng1Name Teledyne_CAE_J69.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar eng1Number "3".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar eng1Type "turbojet engines".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar firstFlight "1959-11-12".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar hasPhotoCollection Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar heightFt "3".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar heightIn "6".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar introduced "1958".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar manufacturer Avro_Canada.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar maxSpeedMph "300".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar maxSpeedNote ",".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar maxTakeoffWeightLb "5560".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar moreUsers United_States_Army.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar nationalOrigin Canada.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar numberBuilt "2".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar primaryUser United_States_Air_Force.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar primeUnits%3F_ "imp".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar produced "1958".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar rangeMiles "995".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar rangeNote ",".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar ref "Avrocar: Canada's Flying Saucer... and The World's Worst Aircraft: From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar retired "1961".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar similarAircraft "*Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep *Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 *Chrysler VZ-6".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar status "experimental".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar type "experimental "proof-of-concept" VTOL vehicle".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar unitCost "Project cost: $10 million".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar wingAreaSqft "254".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:Aviation_history_of_Canada.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:Avro_Canada_aircraft.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:Canadian_experimental_aircraft_1950–1959.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:Cancelled_military_aircraft_projects.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:Ducted_fan-powered_aircraft.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:Flying_saucers.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:Henri_Coandă.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:United_States_experimental_aircraft_1950–1959.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar subject Category:VTOL_aircraft.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar type Aircraft.
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar type MeanOfTransportation.
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- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar comment "The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar was a VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) 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" blowing exhaust out the rim of the disk-shaped aircraft to provide anticipated VTOL-like performance.".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar label "Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar".
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- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar label "Avro Canada VZ-9AV".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar label "Avro Canada VZ-9AV".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar label "Avrocar".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar label "Avrocar".
- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar label "飛行車".
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- Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar homepage Silverbug.pdf.
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