Bird Feather-Like Flaps Could Be Fitted To Planes In The Future
A team of researchers from Princeton University is exploring how feather-like flaps on aircraft wings could improve stability ...
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Small Feathers, Big Effects: Reducing Stall Speeds With Strips Of Plastic
Birds have long been our inspiration for flight, and researchers at Princeton University have found a new trick in their arsenal: covert feathers. These small feathers on top of birds’ wings lay ...
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Wind tunnel tests using model plane wing reveal how covert feathers help birds perform abrupt aerial meneuvers (IMAGE)
Postdoctoral researcher Girguis O. Sedky sitting inside of the wind tunnel, showing the covert feather-inspired flaps attached to the 3D-printed model airplane wing. The flaps deploy automatically ...
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Feather-inspired flaps on model wing deployed in response to air flow inside wind tunnel (IMAGE)
Researchers attached covert feather-inspired flaps to a 3D-printed model airplane wing and mounted it in a wind tunnel to explore the role of covert feathers in bird flight. By precisely measuring ...
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Birds have long been our inspiration for flight, and researchers at Princeton University have found a new trick in their arsenal: covert feathers. These small feathers on top of birds’ wings lay ...
Airplanes of the Future Could Be Fitted With Feather-Like Flaps
Research suggests that free-moving panels on aircraft wings can improve stability, reduce turbulence, and add fuel efficiency ...