Truss-Braced Wing Shows Promise In Boeing And NASA Tests

Credit: NASA
After wind-tunnel tests showed that the flutter weight penalty of a long-span, low-drag truss-braced wing (TBW) is small enough to make the configuration feasible for future energy-saving airliners, NASA and Boeing are planning additional tests to assess the design’s aerodynamic performance...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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