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Alley, Nicholas

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Spanwise Adaptive Wing - PTERA Flight Test

This is a technology which depends on a morphing vehicle wingtip. It allows one to replace the use of the rudder for some vehicles with the outer ailerons for control of the Dutch Roll Mode. Description of the PTERA flight test in support of the Spanwise Adaptive Wing flight research program.

wing design