Boeing avoids redesign for Super Hornet wing

1998-04-22T00:00:00

Boeing has selected a remedy for the wing drop problem on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet after flight testing at the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River, Maryland. A slotted fairing allows air to flow both ways through the wing fold hinges, making it aerodynamically invisible and preventing the asymmetric stall ...

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