The aviation and aerospace world have been searching for a morphing wing to optimize flight for decades. NASA and MIT scientists describe the problem best, saying “each of the phases of a flight — takeoff and landing, cruising, maneuvering and so on — has its own, different set of optimal wing parameters, so a conventional wing is necessarily a compromise that is not optimized for any of these, and therefore sacrifices efficiency. A wing that is constantly deformable could provide a much better approximation of the best configuration for each stage.”
Increased range and fuel efficiency
Shorter takeoff
Increased payload
Lighter construction
Eliminates stall, tip stall and adverse yaw
Manmade wings have always been a compromise. A single rigid wing section always has just one optimal range of operation. This means that if we want to take a wing to different speeds, it becomes inefficient or ineffective. Aircraft currently change the shape of their wings with complex mechanics and control surfaces, but what we are proposing is far more organic. Like nature, a wing should be able to flex and change shape to optimize the lift and drag profiles. Our tech allows aerospace engineers to choose any range of reflex sections, and morph between them seamlessly without any joints, hinges or control surfaces.