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interstice) wrote2008-09-12 01:56 pm
interstice) wrote2008-09-12 01:56 pm
some of that old-time science.
Neat: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/AFRL_Proves_Feasibility_Of_Plasma_Actuators.html
I have memories of my ailerons failing in a flight simulator I used to have; that and shearing off the wings entirely in a mach 6 nose-dive. It was kind of funny since there was no sound effect or rendering for it; the status line at the bottom of the screen would just say "Wings ripped off" and you'd lose control (not that it mattered; to rip the wings off you basically had to be in an unrecoverable descent anyway).
Anyway, using heat to control the airflow does seem more stable than the "morphing" wings which can change shape in flight, although the results are probably much more modest as well.
I have memories of my ailerons failing in a flight simulator I used to have; that and shearing off the wings entirely in a mach 6 nose-dive. It was kind of funny since there was no sound effect or rendering for it; the status line at the bottom of the screen would just say "Wings ripped off" and you'd lose control (not that it mattered; to rip the wings off you basically had to be in an unrecoverable descent anyway).
Anyway, using heat to control the airflow does seem more stable than the "morphing" wings which can change shape in flight, although the results are probably much more modest as well.