NASA Planning Full-Scale Test Of Vertical Tail Active Flow Control

NASA is planning full-scale ground and flight tests of an active flow control system that boosts rudder power, allowing an airliner’s vertical tail to be reduced in size, saving weight and drag. An aircraft’s vertical tail is hardly used in normal flight conditions, but its size is determined by one...

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