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Coanda Effect: Understanding Why Wings Work
the McDonnel-Douglas 520 helicopter has no tail rotor and instead has a fan in the tail which utilizes the coanda effect to counter act main rotor torque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_Helicopters_MD_500#MD_520N
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOTAR
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_Helicopters_MD_500#MD_520N
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOTAR