PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Demonstrated Crosswind
View Single Post
Old 29th May 2007 | 15:58
  #2 (permalink)  
Fuji Abound
 
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 4,631
Likes: 0
From: UK
I suppose they have a few more aerodynamic tricks up their sleeve.

Both wings and tail plane can rotate about three axis so the tail feather can be canted and twisted into wind as presumably can the wings. Whether or not they actually use these techniques I have no idea, although it is fascinating to see the extent to which the shape of the aerofoil is changed when watching slow motion film of birds in flight. Watching hummingbirds hover, and fly both backwards and forwards, the supreme master of flight that they clearly are, moves into another dimension warp wing design.
Fuji Abound is offline  
Reply