NASA Tests Inflight Wing Folding
NASA is investigating whether angling an aircraft’s outboard wing sections up or down can increase yaw stability and control and reduce rudder size and tail drag, thus saving fuel. Conventional mechanical wing-fold actuators would be too bulky and heavy, so the Spanwise Adaptive Wing project is...
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