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• moffkalast 4mo ago
  Yeah that's uh, that's nothing. The orange part is supposed to be foldable somehow?
  • daemonologist 4mo ago
    My read is that they're announcing a plan to build non-folding wings to test the geometry they would eventually want with folding wings. Which makes sense but isn't very exciting.
    • dotancohen 4mo ago
      It's not just geometry, it's also where the mass is. And the rigid areas. Aircraft wings oscillate during flight, the location (and movement) of mass within them (e.g. fuel) is critical to model. Also, the location of the fold is likely less flexible (e.g. more rigid) than the remainder of the wing. This will greatly affect the dihedral angle of the remaining outboard portion of the wing.