American space agency NASA and aircraft maker Boeing have been researching longer and thinner wing designs, they are now ...
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Longer, thinner plane wings being tested in US can provide smoother ride while saving fuel
NASA and Boeing are testing longer, thinner wings that can provide a smoother plane ride while saving fuel. It’s claimed that ...
The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a ...
NASA and Boeing tested high-aspect-ratio wings aimed at reducing drag, improving fuel efficiency and ensuring smoother, safer ...
NASA has successfully tested its X-66 aircraft in a wind tunnel, hoping it can reduce fuel consumption by at least 30%.
The Integrated Adaptive Wing Technology Maturation wind-tunnel model installed in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA ...
Aurora Flight Sciences has finished windtunnel testing an experimental fan-in-wing design for a Pentagon X-plane competition. The Boeing subsidiary says it recently wrapped up stability and control ...
While most planes use heat to melt ice that can form on the wing either before takeoff or during flight, the process is highly energy intensive and can impact engine efficiency. A new process from ...
Ideally, an aircraft would be made of something reasonably strong, light, and weather resistant. Cardboard, is none of those things. But that did not stop [PeterSripol] from building an ultralight ...
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