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Musical Wings Reduce Aircraft Stall Risk

Posted by samzenpus on from the fake-plastic-airlines dept.

notwrong writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that a Qantas engineer has found a way to help small aircraft avoid stalling at low speeds: pumping sound through the wings. He found that music also works, having tested Spiderbait and Radiohead (nice choices; Spiderbait apparently works better)."

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  1. Isn't this just an example of dither? by kjoonlee · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If added noise makes the flight smoother, isn't this dither?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dither

  2. Just like birds? by psoriac · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I may be talking out of my ass here, but don't bird wings do the same thing when their feathers ruffle as air passes over them? Wouldn't this ruffling be the same as the vibration described in the article?

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