January 22, 2010 at 6:03 pm
What do you think the photographer means by “Sporting the customary yarn on her left wing” ?
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Boeing/Boeing-787-8-Dreamliner/1642757/L/
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd January 2010 at 19:27
Billions of dollars spent on computers and wind tunnels but they still can’t beat the old ways!
Rgds Cking
Used to teach my pupils stalling like that. 🙂
By: Cking - 22nd January 2010 at 18:37
Billions of dollars spent on computers and wind tunnels but they still can’t beat the old ways!
Rgds Cking
By: Bmused55 - 22nd January 2010 at 18:24
Huh… I saw no comments before.
But now I do.
D’oh!
Thanks
By: Nashio966 - 22nd January 2010 at 18:19
Taken from the comments below the photograph
“To answer the question about the dots on the wing, they are little short strings like material glued on the flaps to visualize airflow at the respective area. they are probably are doing some stall performance testing. “
would be my guess 🙂