Dohnakun

Dohnakun t1_j6mtnnr wrote

> With “Active Flow Control,” aircraft can use plasma actuators or synthetic jet actuators to move air, instead of relying on physical surfaces. With plasma actuators, this is achieved through changing the electrical charge of air passing over the actuators mounted in the wing, in turn changing the flow of that air. Meanwhile, synthetic jets can inject air into the airflow over the wing, changing lift. In 2019, NASA patented a wing control system that combined both plasma and synthetic jet actuators, with the goal of creating actuators without any moving parts, and which were “essentially maintenance free.”

edit: removed offending "No." ;-)

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Dohnakun t1_j5oobpr wrote

> This article here is being stolen, with its entire content copied into this thread.

Fair use, how the internet works, free sample for advertising, yadda yadda.

> if we also force them to give their content for free

No one forces them. Newspapers formed the ad-ridden internet we have today. They knew that their traditional business model doesn't work here.

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