The Integrated Minimum Drag Solution: New Wing Design Exponentially Increases Total Aircraft Efficiency
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09/01/2016
- Content
Innovators at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center are experimenting with a new wing design that removes adverse yaw and dramatically increases aircraft efficiency by reducing drag. The technology has the potential to significantly increase total aircraft efficiency by optimizing overall aircraft configuration through the reduction in size or removal of the vertical tail, as well as the reduction of structural weight.
- Citation
- "The Integrated Minimum Drag Solution: New Wing Design Exponentially Increases Total Aircraft Efficiency," Mobility Engineering, September 1, 2016.