Monday, 7 November 2016

MIT’s ultra-light composite morphing aircraft wing harkens back to the Wright brothers

MIT wing 1

The flexible wing might weigh one-tenth as much as a traditional aircraft wing. Tiny robots would crawl atop and inside the wing to do assembly and, later, repairs.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/238954-mits-ultra-light-composite-morphing-aircraft-wing-harks-back-wright-brothers

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