NASA aims to cut drag with control-surface research

1997-06-11T00:00:00

NASA has begun test flights of an adaptive control-surface experiment which it hopes could lead to drag reductions of up to 3% for commercial aircraft, worth roughly $140 million a year in reduced fuel savings.

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