(Source: Ames Research Center) Two NASA experiments designed to help reduce fuel consumption and emissions will fly this spring on a specially outfitted Boeing 757 airplane called the ecoDemonstrator. One includes 31 small devices that will blow jets of air on the vertical tail and the other involves non-stick coatings to help repel bugs from the leading edge of wings. "Both are designed to improve the air flow over the surface and ultimately reduce drag," said Fay Collier, manager for the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project. "Increased drag means increased fuel consumption, which results in more pollutants in the...
↧