Windtunnel testing had indicated that, without active flow control, the bomb would have ... Bowers says the jets would be powered by engine bleed air and use a convergent-divergent passage to ...

Stall and separation control on aircraft and engine aerofoils acoustic loading ... when the first-ever active flow-control flight tests showed that six synthetic jets round the aft end of an ...

Pictures suggest it will be propelled by a single jet engine with an intake under ... The idea behind active flow control is to use nozzles on the aircraft to blast jets of air that dynamically ...

The next generation of the idea is active flow control that blows small amounts ... and handling the loss of power in one engine during take off. The rudder of an airplane has to be big enough ...

Then, midflight, they switched control to a second pilot who operated the active flow control system. In the first test, the team found that the active flow control system actually provided more ...

#ActiveFlowControl #XPlane “Aurora’s X-plane candidate uses active flow control (AFC) for multiple effects, including flight control at tactical speeds and performance enhancement across the ...

Pressurized-air active flow-control effectors are embedded in the upper surfaces of all the X-plane’s wing panels. Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has won ...

"We can run test conditions for hours, allowing us to experiment with new flow sensors and control approaches on a realistic engine geometry," Dedic said. Goyne explained that "scramjets," short ...