Cadets Experiment Controlling Aircraft with Plasma Actuators
Credit: U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY
Aeronautical engineering and physics cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy are working on aircraft control via "plasma actuators." By charging electrodes mounted on the wings of a toy balsa-wood glider (see photo), the resulting plasma (ionized air particles) will create enough force to move surfaces...
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