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Similar dynamic slope soaring has been researched and demonstrated to dramatic affect by Spencer Lisenby and others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7-YM4wno8
by chrisdalke 4y ago
Similar dynamic slope soaring has been researched and demonstrated to dramatic affect by Spencer Lisenby and others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7-YM4wno8&t=3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7-YM4wno8&t=3s.
In the video I linked he describes how they engineered and flew a RC glider at a speed of 519mph.
Makes a lot of sense that this could be applied on a larger atmospheric scale for spacecraft.