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First flight for 'flapless' plane

  • 29-01-2012 9:58pm
    #1
    Leonidas BL
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    Engineers at BAE Systems in Lancashire have developed the world's first ''flapless'' plane, which uses jets of air to control its movements rather than the flaps on its wings.
    The revolutionary prototype of the new Demon plane has just made its maiden flight on Walney Island, off the Cumbrian Coast.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11431662


Comments

  • #2
    Jocry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭Jocry


    Id say that is well and truely on the back burner given the UK government axed 3000 jobs from BAE the following month, a third of which were in Lancashire if Im not mistaken. An interesting concept all the same.


  • #3
    Leonidas BL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Leonidas BL


    What if the engine failed though??


  • #4
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    Stupid question but didn't the Concorde have no flaps too?


  • #5
    sunnysoutheast
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    Stupid question but didn't the Concorde have no flaps too?

    Correct. Delta wing aeroplanes don't have flaps - see Space Shuttle etc. - and they land fast.

    Concorde's wing was specifically designed to operate at a very high angle of attack during landing which is why she had a drooping nose.

    SSE


  • #6
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    So really the headline is wrong, though I know they're not talking about delta-wing.


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  • #7
    sunnysoutheast
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    So really the headline is wrong, though I know they're not talking about delta-wing.

    Yeah, I suppose it should be "Moveable control surface-free" plane!

    I assume there isn't a test pilot in that prototype :D

    SSE


  • #8
    Leonidas BL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Leonidas BL


    I think most people just call all the moving bits they see out the window 'flaps'


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