Although there are flaps and slats to create further lift, these features are less efficient when the airflow separates before the high-lift devices, like the upper part of the aircraft wings.

An curved arrow pointing right. An entire airplane isn't built in one spot — sometimes parts are built in multiple places and then assembled together. Watch Boeing transport a massive 100' long ...

Therefore, the number of possible flight conditions of a rotary-wing aircraft exceeds that of a fixed-wing aircraft. A full performance analysis, aimed at selecting or designing a helicopter, planning ...

On a traditional airplane wing, only parts of the wing, like flaps and ailerons, can move to change the plane's direction. The wing designed by the MIT and NASA researchers would be able to move ...