James Whomsley of ProjectAir built a Magnus effect-inspired R/C plane, possibly the world’s largest of its kind. Unlike ...

The Magnus effect is a interesting and useful phenomena. [James Whomsley] from [Project Air] decided to put it to work on a small radio-controlled boat, successfully harnessing the effect.

One of these is the Magnus effect plane, which makes use of the lift produced by a spinning cylinder. [James Whomsley] from [Project Air] decided to build one as a side project, but it ended up ...