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There's a decent video by Veritasium about the Magnus Effect, where the bomb is essentially given lift by its backspin: [VIDEO]

There's a great Veritasium video explaining the Magnus effect and the Flettner rotor here: [VIDEO] The Norsepower company (which installs Flettner rotors on ships) also has a short video explaining the effect here [LINK]

I'm not an expert on it really. They rotate the giant cylinder and the wind is blowing by. The rotation forms a low pressure zone one side of the cylinder which acts as a lift force perpendicular both to the rotational axis of the cylinder and the wind. It's the same effect which "turns" a soccer ball if you kick it with a spin. There is a really nice demonstration of the effect in this video: [VIDEO] This wikipedia page has a way better summary than my attempt above: [LINK]

My favorite is the Flettner aeroplane since it uses the Magnus effect [1][2] as it generates lift without a wing. Screenshot linked in the original post [3]. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO] [3] [LINK]

This is the video they reference at the end that elaborates and shows off the use in ships, as well as some planes that have spinning cylinders instead of wings: [VIDEO]