Flexible-Wing X-56 Set For Testing

Credit: Guy Norris/AW&ST
A version of this article appears in the May 26 edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Flutter is the most dreaded word in the aerodynamicists’ lexicon, but a team of flight-test engineers are poised to fly an experimental aircraft that is designed to help tame this dangerous phenomenon. The...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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