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NASA testing shape-shifting wings that make planes more efficient
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11th November 2014, 08:34
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania
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 |  NASA testing shape-shifting wings that make planes more efficient The first airplane ever flown, the Wright Flyer, used "wing-warping," in which pulleys twisted the trailing edge of the airfoil for roll control. Ironically, NASA is now revisiting that tech in a way by flight-testing the FlexFoil, a system that... http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/10/n...=rss_truncated |
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