It
the early 1970s Saab-Scania experimented with a wing similar to this
drawing.
In this experimented a jet of air is blown toward the tip to
energize the axial flow. They found that by centering the blower
nozzle in the vortex core the wing produced a CLmax of 4.45
at Re=150,000. On highly swept wings the axial flow is
naturally
pushed along by the strong spanwise flow, but on wings with little or
no
sweep the spanwise flow is rather weak so new fluid being entrained
into
the vortex has no energy pushing it toward the tip and may stagnate in
the core thus causing the inner
radius to expand
until the vortex bursts. In terms of mechanical complexity and
power
requirement this system compares favorably with other power augmented
lift
systems used in short takeoff and landing (STOL) cargo planes but the
need
to center the nozzle in the vortex core may be a problem because as the
aircraft's lift requirements change the vortex may move around a bit.
There
is also some question as to whether a
jet will be effective over a practical
span.

