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Researchers designed a shape-shifting airplane wing

EngadgetApr-2-2019, 07:58:32 GMT

If you've had a window seat next to the wing of an airplane, you've probably watched as flaps on the wing engage and disengage as a plane takes off and lands. That's because in each phase of flight -- take off, landing, cruising and maneuvering -- the ideal wing parameters vary. Until now, we've made do by modifying rigid wings with hinged surfaces. But imagine if the entire wing could change shape -- that's what researchers led by NASA and MIT are working towards. In a paper in the journal Smart Materials and Structures, the research team explains how it has radically redesigned the airplane wing.

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