Sentence examples for flexible wings from inspiring English sources

In addition to the now-traditional delta-shaped flexible wings, a new generation of rigid, tailless hang gliders have become popular, in which carbon fibre and other composite materials provide the required blend of lightness and strength.

In the latest issue of the journal Science, Anders Hedenstrom of Lund University in Sweden and his colleagues report that when a nectar-eating bat hovers in midair to sip liquid sugar, the mammal's sharp-edged flexible wings generate the same sort of precision whirlwind lift detected recently in studies of insect flight.

We present a fluid structure interactions (FSI) model of insect flapping flight with flexible wings.

Aerodynamic properties of flexible wings can be improved via shape morphing using piezocomposite materials.

And just like a real fly, the robot's thin, flexible wings beat approximately 120 times every second.

Currently, flexible wings are policed by a single load applied downwards in one place on each side of the wing.

It wasn't until advances in flexible wing airfoil design in the 1950s and '60s that efforts were revived.

A flexible wing is under development that may lead to aircraft that are more fuel efficient and maneuverable.

Developed by FlexSys Inc. and the Air Force, the flexible wing uses internal actuators to change its shape as conditions require.

By good fortune, he came across a delta-shaped flexible wing invented in America by Francis Rogallo, and tested by NASA as a means for recovering Gemini space capsules.

They ingeniously countered roll by "wing-warping" -- using flexible wing tips with wire controls so that the pilot can bring the right wing into the wind at a different inclination from the left one, creating lift.