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Air Force to Test Aeroelastic Wings
firegate writes "The New Scientist is reporting that the US Air Force is planning to test a variant of the Wing Warping steering system used on the original Wright Brothers plane to steer new supersonic jets. They've invested $41 million in the project so far, and the first test flight will take place next month at NASA's Dryden research center in California."
There he goes, with one of his crazy inventions. We've been flying with wings with moving parts ever since I was a wee ant. He should get back in line and prepare for the harvest... er... wait a minute.
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F-bacher
James Tiberius Kirk: "Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim."
Will it be jumpable?
I pledge allegiance to the flag...
of the Corporate States of America...
Why don't you log in intead of posting this anonymously?
No one sex is better than the other. We're all human, of the same earth, and have to live with EACH OTHER.
I understand it must be difficult to be conscripted as a male, legally, and see what must be (in your eyes) a disgrace of letting women in Singapore get away with living well.
But here's the equalizer. Woman are the only ones capable of childbirth. You state that it's not compulsary... What about rape? Do you think she wanted the child after having been raped?
The standard checks and balance system of old still works. Woman give birth, men defend them. Woman take care of the home, men work.
I'm not saying that it has to be so cut and dried, but it's a system that has worked for a very long time.
While it's interesting that woman are allowed to vote and are still not compelled to serve their country as a male is, I still find it on the whole unfair to both sexes, not just to males.
Woman have been abused for most of the written history of humankind, both physically, mentally, and spritually. It's tine for that to change, and allow both sides to work together for the common good.
I repeat. We're all here on the same planet. Let's not waste our time here quibbling with minor technocalities.
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Mission adaptable wings are not really that new
Cool, but Off-topic. This article has nothing to do with mission adaptable wings. This wing is FLEXIBLE instead of using flaps the whole wing warps.
Somewhat off topic, and I ain't no aero engineer either :-)
..... all of which is a quite severe test :-)
Transonic is the airspeed regime where parts of the airflow are supersonic and parts are subsonic. Subsonic, all airflow is subsonic; supersonic, it is all supersonic. Due to the shapes of wings, canopies, antennas, whatever, the airflow is not smooth, so for instance the airspeed over the top of the wing is faster than below the wing, and you can get supersonic above, subsonic below.
Zipping thru keeps the stresses and turbulence to a minimum. Like going past Mount Rushmore without telling the kids in the backseat, as opposed to parking the car, getting everyone together, payng for tickets, keeping everybody together, waiting in line,
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