Re:Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rou...
by oh_teh_meows on Friday July 26, 2013 @02:46PM
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Imagine this being used on commercial aircrafts...
Captain: We have now landed at SFO. We will now taxi to gate A3.
Passengers: OH CRAP. bumps up and down
But in all seriousness, this could be a precursor to a more fluid form of wing morphing, i.e. without joints. Sort of like Eddy in Stealth, which morph its wings to direct jet exhaust downwards to create vertical lift.
Captain: We have now landed at SFO. We will now taxi to gate A3.
Passengers: OH CRAP. bumps up and down
But in all seriousness, this could be a precursor to a more fluid form of wing morphing, i.e. without joints. Sort of like Eddy in Stealth, which morph its wings to direct jet exhaust downwards to create vertical lift.