30% Less Fuel Consumption from New NASA Truss X-Plane
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6C9Z4)
The new X-plane seeks to enable a potential new generation of more sustainable single-aisle aircraft - the workhorse of passenger airlines around the world. Working with NASA, Boeing will build, test, and fly a full-scale demonstrator aircraft with extra-long, thin wings stabilized by diagonal struts, known as a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing concept. The X-66A will ...