DLR's Proteus is testing a flexible wing trailing edge capable of distributed spanwise shape-changing.
Credit: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt/German Aerospace Center
The oft-quoted refrain “Where’s my flying car?” has been partially answered by the emergence of eVTOL aircraft, a small handful of which are designed to be both driven and flown. But what about the aerospace industry’s long-standing question, “Where’s my morphing aircraft?” The answer remains, “Not...
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