FlexSys 'Morphing' Wing Offers Big Fuel Savings

Credit: SCALED COMPOSITES
A flight-test program recently flown on Scaled Composites' White Knight testbed provides a glimpse of a fuel-saving feature that aircraft may incorporate in the near future--"adaptive compliant" wings. Under U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) sponsorship, FlexSys Inc. developed and tested a...

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