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Dohnakun t1_j6mtnnr wrote

> With “Active Flow Control,” aircraft can use plasma actuators or synthetic jet actuators to move air, instead of relying on physical surfaces. With plasma actuators, this is achieved through changing the electrical charge of air passing over the actuators mounted in the wing, in turn changing the flow of that air. Meanwhile, synthetic jets can inject air into the airflow over the wing, changing lift. In 2019, NASA patented a wing control system that combined both plasma and synthetic jet actuators, with the goal of creating actuators without any moving parts, and which were “essentially maintenance free.”

edit: removed offending "No." ;-)

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[deleted] t1_j6mvvgq wrote

Great information.

No need to preface it with 'No' however. Not everything you say has to be to prove you right and someone else wrong.

You could have said 'That's entirely possible, but they are for sure working on this other different thing: '.

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jjatoronto t1_j6ncbft wrote

No. :)

I believe Dohnakun was replying to Takenisusername comment on external moving parts.

So it was "No external moving parts". They were just being energy efficient.

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