Comments On DLR's Mini Vortex Generators

Credit: DLR
In a Leading Edge blog titled “Humpback Helos,” International Editor Robert Wall writes of the German DLR's quest to improve helo efficiency. DLR is flight-testing rotor mods inspired by humpback whales. Noting that bumps on the mammal's fins led to a much better flow inspired the development of...

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