【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoAirbus previews next-gen airliner with bird-inspired wingsnewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-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 · 7 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoYes actually. (They fold like a Navy carrier plane so they will fit at existing airport gates.)
minus-squarexorollo@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoNeat! But not quite the ornithopter I was hoping for.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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.
once.