A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

6 comments

• paulhart 33 minutes ago
  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mec...
• amelius 19 minutes ago
  Discussed previously (132 comments):

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48260117
• ferryth 50 minutes ago
  https://archive.ph/sFjKf
• mhb 5 days ago
  https://www.wired.com/story/a-fundamental-principle-of-aeron...
• dyauspitr 28 minutes ago
  43% less friction means 43% of fuel saved. Am I reading that right because it will change the world if true.
• ThrowawayTestr 29 minutes ago
  A 43% drag reduction is massive if this is applicable to modern planes.