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To: Scarlett156

“Trailing edge asymmetric serrations”

Interesting concept.

Birds have very soft flexible wing surfaces.

Application to aircraft? Not sure.

I think composite structures have different resonances than conventional aluminum and alloy wings.


3 posted on 01/18/2022 8:47:32 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Actually a lot of birds, if you can see their wing surfaces and feel them, they aren’t what you would call “soft” - they are brittle-feeling and stiff, like an airplane wing.

One thing I’ve noted with owls in flight is that they are very quiet and can turn on a dime. Some of them aren’t as “fluttery” as the ones in the woods here - these tend to be of the “screech owl” type. Big owls like barn owls are built more like large raptors and their feathers and wings are stiffer.


8 posted on 01/18/2022 9:14:27 AM PST by Scarlett156 (I'm really starting to hate all comedy. Comedians are the worst people. Prove me wrong. You can't.)
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To: Texas Fossil

It isn’t the wing but the feather...owl feathers are fringed.


54 posted on 01/18/2022 6:19:19 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Texas Fossil

One of the best aviation applications is to the trailing edges of stealth helicopter rotors. You probably won’t see much documentation on this.


63 posted on 01/19/2022 2:00:58 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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