U.S. Army/NASA Tests Could Lead To Faster Tiltrotors

Credit: TRAST: U.S. Army
In an effort to improve tiltrotor stability and safely achieve higher speeds, U.S. Army researchers are installing a new tiltrotor model in a wind tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia. Whirl flutter, a potentially destructive interaction between propellers and wings, is a major barrier...

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