Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:02 amPaul...Pedal faster...>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter .....
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:02 amRe: Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 1:47 pmLand on a twig now, instead of a very long runway!
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 9:21 pmThis is the modern NASA budget/resume chasing PR machine at its best. Back in the bad ol days of Edwards AFB, NASA with DARPA and the USAF flight testing a much more advanced adaptive airfoil system in the form of a modified F-111. This is just a flap, the old one from several DECADES ago was the whole flipping wing!
Tailwinds
an X-plane nut
Tailwinds
an X-plane nut
Re: Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:00 pm"FlexSys says its smart materials technology, which can be retrofitted to existing planes, can increase fuel efficiency by between 5% and 12%,
and reduce noise on take-off and landing by up to 40%."
OK, so I'm a broke dique retired aircraft mechanic whose elevator doesn't always hit the top floor so tell me how is this flex wing going to reduce noise
on take offs and landings by up to 40%. Is it going to slap the engine upside the nacelle and tell it to shut up or what? I don't recall ever having a pilot
write up a flap for being noisy. Maybe a flap jack screw would whine once in a while but... I think it's more PR B.S.
and reduce noise on take-off and landing by up to 40%."
OK, so I'm a broke dique retired aircraft mechanic whose elevator doesn't always hit the top floor so tell me how is this flex wing going to reduce noise
on take offs and landings by up to 40%. Is it going to slap the engine upside the nacelle and tell it to shut up or what? I don't recall ever having a pilot
write up a flap for being noisy. Maybe a flap jack screw would whine once in a while but... I think it's more PR B.S.
Re: Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:47 pmHawkeye07 wrote:"FlexSys says its smart materials technology, which can be retrofitted to existing planes, can increase fuel efficiency by between 5% and 12%,
and reduce noise on take-off and landing by up to 40%."
OK, so I'm a broke dique retired aircraft mechanic whose elevator doesn't always hit the top floor so tell me how is this flex wing going to reduce noise
on take offs and landings by up to 40%. Is it going to slap the engine upside the nacelle and tell it to shut up or what? I don't recall ever having a pilot
write up a flap for being noisy. Maybe a flap jack screw would whine once in a while but... I think it's more PR B.S.
Yes, I was wondering about that too.......
Maybe they should refine this idea a bit..............
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapag-Lloyd_Flight_3378
This accident produced a brilliant joke in the aviation industry. The odd website address for Hapag-Lloyd was:
http://www.hlf.de
Which translated into:
Why, why why, have low fuel, declare emergency..............
Matt
Matt