The experimental stub wing section is mounted on the F-15B’s centerline instrument panel.
Credit: NASA/Christopher LC Clark
NASA is poised to begin flight tests of a representative stub wing section that is aimed at dramatically enhancing the drag-reducing benefits of natural laminar flow (NLF) in next-generation, swept wing airliners. Laminar, or smooth airflow over an aircraft’s wing and tail surfaces, significantly...
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