jueves, 22 de julio de 2010

New Airbus A350's design is based on birds of prey

Did you know that aero-engineers study hawks and falcons to improve the wing design of the planes they're working on?

Norman Wood, an aerodynamics and flow control engineer at Airbus UK, believes there's a lot the air industry and science can learn from nature.

He met BBC Points West's Dave Harvey at the International Centre for Birds of Prey in Newent, Gloucestershire.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8835000/8835877.stm

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