Peter Salzmann jumped from a 13,330-foot high Alpine ledge in an electric wingsuit with unproven foil technology. Six minutes ...

Also affecting lift is the wing's airfoil shape—the shape of the wing as seen in a cross-sectional view between the wing's leading and trailing edges. Here the tradeoff is between lift and drag ...

The exact airfoil shape of a wing has a massive effect on the performance and efficiency of an aircraft and will be selected based on the intended flight envelope. If you’re moving beyond foam ...

The right column depicts a consensus wing shape generated by analyzing the wing shape of 105 bird taxon (figure f), a figure depicting how various wing shapes differed from the consensus wing ...

But what creates lift? The secret lies in the unique shape of the airplane's wings, called airfoils. As the plane moves, air ...

Airfoils come in many examples, the most prevalent being the actual shape of wings. But there’s never been a foil like the one beneath Red Bull athlete Peter Salzmann’s wingsuit. It helped the ...

In other words, the guides themselves must be really slippery. This can be achieved by using an airfoil (wing) profile, which is a shape with very low drag. I made and fitted two external guides (I ...

Whether the flow is viscous-drag dominated or pressure-drag dominated depends entirely on the shape of the body. A streamlined body looks like a fish, or an airfoil at small angles of attack, whereas ...

With Shape It!, teens develop the confidence and competencies they need to pave their own path in an ever-evolving global landscape. Help students take ownership of their learning with Shape It! The ...

New research suggests that fungi may be able to recognize shapes. Can organisms without a brain still show signs of intelligence? Researchers at Tohoku University and Nagaoka College had this ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...