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 Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 4:00 pm Post subject: Aviation Researchers Splatter Bugs in Quest for Greater Fue |
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Sometimes you're the airplane, sometimes you're the bug. Unfortunately for the insects, research aimed at improving the fuel efficiency of airliners is smashing a lot of bugs during low-altitude flights over Germany. Wings coated in bug guts are less efficient than those that are not coated in bug guts, and the goal is to gain a better understanding of how wing design can be modified to minimize the number of insects that get splattered as a plane ascends after take-off.
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Source: Wired Top Stories
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