Princeton engineers prevent planes from stalling with feather-inspired flaps on wings (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

Princeton engineers prevent planes from stalling with feather-inspired flaps on wings

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Ahmed K. Othman, Girguis Sedky, Hannah Wiswell and Aimy Wissa (left to right) equipped the wings of an RC plane with covert-inspired flaps, and flew it at Princeton's Forrestal Campus to prove that the flaps help prevent airplanes from stalling.

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Credit: Princeton University/Lori Nichols

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