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The wings of SUGAR Volt would enable it to take off in a shorter distance and generate less noise. The outer wings of the SUGAR Volt should fold to save ground space, increasing weight. Transonic truss-braced wing
A model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing aircraft in a wind tunnel at NASA's Ames Research Center. By early 2019, following extensive wind tunnel testing at NASA Ames Research Center, an optimized truss and more sweep for the 170 ft (52 m) span wing allowed flying higher and faster, up from Mach 0.70–0.75 to Mach 0.80 like current jetliners. [3]
It’s called the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing concept, which relies on elongated, thin wings stabilized by diagonal struts that connect the wings to the aircraft. The design’s shape creates less ...
Proved aerodynamic viability of thin wing sections. [10] X-1A X-1B X-1C X-1D: Bell USAF, NACA 1951 High-speed and high-altitude flight X-1E: Bell USAF, NACA 1955 High-speed and high-altitude flight X-2: Bell USAF 1952 High-speed and high-altitude flight First aircraft to exceed Mach 3. [11] X-3 Stiletto: Douglas: USAF, NACA 1952 Highly loaded ...
The wings are longer than the ones on previous versions of that airplane—a design change that helps increase the craft’s overall fuel efficiency. NASA’s weird wing design could lead to ...
Such a wing is usually also braced elsewhere, with the cabane struts forming part of the overall bracing scheme. Because cabane struts often carry engine thrust to the upper wing to overcome its drag, the loads along each diagonal between fore and aft struts are unequal and they are often formed as N-struts.
Braced wings are of two types: Strut braced: one or more stiff struts help to support the wing, as on the Fokker D.VII. A strut may act in compression or tension at different points in the flight regime. Wire braced: alone (as on the Boeing P-26 Peashooter) or, more usually, in addition to struts, tension wires also help to support the wing ...
The ecoDemonstrator Program is a Boeing flight test research program, which has used a series of specially modified aircraft to develop and test aviation technologies designed to improve fuel economy and reduce the noise and ecological footprint of airliners.