can things flying without wing?

Answer 1

Like Helicopters maybe?

Answer 2

Actually those who are saying that helicopters are aircraft without wings are very very wrong. The wing on the helicopter is the blade that rotates on the top of the helicopter, & is comonly referred to as the "Rotary Wing".

You might say that hot air balloons can fly without wings. But I am not sure that is really flying, since a balloon is actually floating in the air & not flying as we know it. The same could be said to be true for airships.

Even a frizbee is an airfoil, which is also another name for a wing.

So for controlled flight I would say that the answer is NO, everything that flies has an airfoil of some kind to keep it airborne while in flight.

Answer 3

It's possible.
But helicopters are considered to have wings,the blades, in fact they are defined rotary wings.
Airships (aerostatic) like Zeppelin or Norge flied without wings, and also rockets and missiles (some have little wings used as control surfaces) and also hovercraft can be considered flying objects without wings although they fly veeeeery low.
There are also some eXperimental planes that have no wings because they were designed to be lifting body, so the fuselage acted like a wing, but these planes can't be considered wingless because the wing was "hidden" in the fuselage.

Answer 4

If you are limiting the discussion to aircraft, only the hot air balloon flies without wings. There were some lifting body craft built and tested 1963-1975 yet none are presently in production. The space shuttle uses some of the things learned from lifting bodies, but relies more heavily on the delta wing design.

Answer 5

Yes their called lifting body aircraft. These planes whole fuselage becomes the wing. They are inherently unstable but do fly. You can look up the dinosaur X-plane program and that will be a good example of such a plane. Another example are missiles like amraam that has no wings. Also balloons and zeppelins. Technically helicopters but to me their rotors are their wings so that's iffy.

Answer 6

You folks have forgotten all about lifting bodies. They are the granddaddy of the space shuttle, and the wave of the future in terms of reusable spacecraft. They are shaped in such a way that the entire fuselage creates lift, but it doesn't have any discernible wings. If anyone remembers the show "The Six Million Dollar Man", you will remember that in the opening scene of every show, Steve Austin was seriously injured in the crash of an experimental aircraft. That footage was actual footage of one of the first lifting bodies crashing in the desert after the pilot lost control of it. Like the fictitious Steve Austin, the real-life pilot survived. Take a look at these. Pretty odd-looking, aren't they?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifting_body

Answer 7

Depends on what you consider a "wing", but one thing is for sure you cannot fly with out thrust and lift. Helicopeters fly with rotors by creating thrust and lift and then the rear rotor creates stability. Rockets use thrust mostly but NASA and the Air Force both proved that the body of the rocket has lift and thats how it can move laterally. Hot air ballons technally don't fly, they float. They use hot air to rise above cold air and the winds carry them laterally no thrust is involved.

Answer 8

With enough velocity, even a rock can fly. For example a bullet has no wings. Fast enough it can even escape the atmosphere.

Answer 9

With enough thrust, anything can (and will) fly.

Rockets fly w/o wings, for instance.

The problem, of course, is stability and directional guidance, but, hey, it's flying!!!

Answer 10

A helicopter does have a wing, it just rotates. All a propeller is, is just a wing that turns.

Many people consider airplanes as FIXED WINGS
and helicopters are considered as ROTOR WINGS

Answer 11

If you don't wear a seatbelt and you drive really fast then hit something, you can fly out the front windshield. See, no wings.