The AlbatrossONE, a model based on the Airbus A321, is constructed from carbon-fiber and glass-fiber-reinforced polymers and has “semi-aeroelastic” hinged wing-tips that flex to reduce drag ...

AlbatrossONE is a scale model aircraft that flaps its wings for more efficient flight, much like the bird that it draws on for inspiration. AlbatrossONE is now in its second stage of testing, with ...

Airbus engineers have developed a scale-model airplane with the first in-flight, flapping wing-tips that could revolutionize aircraft wing-design. The aerospace giant has drawn on nature to ...

By David Szondy June 17, 2019 The scale-model AlbatrossOne airplane with the first in-flight, flapping wing-tips that could revolutionize aircraft wing-design Airbus/Patrick Metcalfe View 2 Images ...

Airbus engineers have developed a scale-model aircraft with the first in-flight, flapping wing-tips that could revolutionize aircraft wing-design. The company has drawn on nature to develop its ...

The aircraft was inspired by the albatross, a sea bird able to stay in the air for hours in windy weather with little wing exertion. “The concept of hinged wingtips is not new,” Airbus ...

Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, shows off its dark upper wing and pale under wing surfaces. (Credit: JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0) ...

While locking hinged wing-tips – such as those on the new Boeing 777X – are designed to reconcile high aspect ratio wings with the constraints of airport gates, the AlbatrossOne demonstrator ...