High-speed taxi tests with the CatNLF wing were completed on Jan. 12.
Credit: NASA/Christopher LC Clark
The untapped efficiency benefit of maintaining smooth natural laminar flow over the swept wings of jet airliners has been known for decades, but a practical breakthrough toward achieving this goal has been elusive. A recent NASA-developed design method, dubbed CatNLF, for crossflow attenuated...
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