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I think what the parent is alluding to is that a box shape does not cut through the air very well, and that they should add a more aerodynamic shape to make it
by jfoucher 8y ago
I think what the parent is alluding to is that a box shape does not cut through the air very well, and that they should add a more aerodynamic shape to make it easier on the drone.
- mattlondon 8y agoFrom what I have seen, the "box" here is not a cube, but more of an aerodynamically-sound shape (at least to a layman's understanding of pointy-things-are-more-aerodynamic). Not sure how recent this photo is, but it gives a feel for what the box looks/looked like at some stage: https://www.simplebotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/alphabet_project_wing_hybrid_2.jpg https://www.simplebotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/alph... https://9to5google.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/project-wing-traffic-e1496853046991.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600&h=800 https://9to5google.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/project-wing-... http://supreme2.ru/geek/uploads/2018/07/g2.jpg http://supreme2.ru/geek/uploads/2018/07/g2.jpg
- baybal2 8y ago>http://supreme2.ru/geek/uploads/2018/07/g2.jpg http://supreme2.ru/geek/uploads/2018/07/g2.jpg Well, this does look more or less reassuring. Still, even an aeronatics amateur will judge whatever they have there as an abomination. I just checked. That man is... an industrial designer, not an aeronautic engineer.
- azernik 8y agoThat single person is a mechanical engineer. Wing as a project, though, has designed their own aircraft, so I'm going to say, yes, they have aerospace people on staff.