【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoAirbus previews next-gen airliner with bird-inspired wingsnewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAirbus previews next-gen airliner with bird-inspired wingsnewatlas.com【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoYes actually. (They fold like a Navy carrier plane so they will fit at existing airport gates.)
minus-squarexorollo@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoNeat! But not quite the ornithopter I was hoping for.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoDepends how bad the turbulence is.
Do they flap?
Yes actually.
(They fold like a Navy carrier plane so they will fit at existing airport gates.)
Neat! But not quite the ornithopter I was hoping for.
Depends how bad the turbulence is.