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Old March 9th 06, 04:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting
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Take a look at some of the papers on the site -

http://www.winggrid.ch/AIAA-2004-2120.pdf
http://www.winggrid.ch/AIAA-2004-2120.pdf

Since they aren't selling anything, and they are doing both real world
experiments and academic papers with plenty of data collection, I
wouldn't call them snake oil.

The effect is real. It may be too mechanically complex to be economic,
but it's more than vaporware.