The FanWing is a distributedpropulsion aircraft with a trapped vortex inside the rotor cage. A crossflow fan near the leading edge of the wing transfers the work of the engine to the air along the entire wingspan. The resulting increased lift from the trapped vortex and the rearward acceleration of a large volume of air offers very short takeoffandlanding with quiet and efficient shorthaul heavy lift capability.

The project is funded by a European program. The optimization work and feasiblity study are done by the DLR, the University of Saarland an the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.

Patrick Peebles, inventor and technical director of the FanWing project, is selfeducated in physics and aeronautics and previously specialised in electronic inventions. He was for some years international area manager for a USbased company before making a fulltime commitment to the FanWing.http://www.fanwing.com/