NASA-Led Team Completes Morphing Flap Tests

Credit: Gulfsteam III: NASA
LOS ANGELES – NASA plans to dynamically test flexible wing technology on a modified Gulfstream III later this year after successfully completing initial trials of a morphing flap at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. Under the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) program...

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