Otto Aerospace announced a successful flight test campaign with a laser-powered drone demonstrator, validating the aerodynamic efficiency of its transonic, laminar-flow technology. This breakthrough ...
He holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georiga Tech, and is a certified private and remote pilot. Beyond these ...
Part 22 of an ongoing Zenith 750SD Xtreme build, pushing the design further into extreme STOL performance territory. The post ...
The Drag Race universe is expanding with Canada’s Drag Race: All Stars, which will feature the first-ever all-drag judging panel in her-story. Brooke Lynn Hytes will serve as host and resident judge ...
Abstract: Inspired by the fluid dynamics characteristics of whales, this study proposes a bionic design scheme for flying car fuselages. Through CFD numerical simulations, the lift-to-drag ...
Credit: JAXA Japanese LCC Zipair Tokyo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Air Lines (JAL), has begun operating a Boeing 787-8 with a drag-reducing riblet coating applied to areas of the fuselage.
Abstract: To address the complex three-dimensional flow coupling problem in the fuselage-wing junction area of an aircraft, this study proposes an aerodynamic shape optimization design algorithm based ...
Looking like an AI fever-dream, the Burnelli UB-14 was a bizarre, and extremely ugly, aeroplane that first flew in 1934. Its ...
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In the 1940s, it looked like flying wings would dominate the skies - faster, lighter, and more efficient than anything before. Jack Northrop’s XB-35 and YB-49 promised intercontinental range and ...