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  1. Mar 15, 2020, 03:42 PM #1
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    NASA composite cellular morphing wing - GIF

    Composite cellular morphing wing developed by NASA and MIT.




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    So, what is the advantage here? Elimination of ailerons? Rocking the passengers to sleep?

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    What is old is new again

    What was old is new again. The Wright brothers used wing warping for roll control on their first aircraft. This looks like an adaptation of that.



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