Covering planes with artificial feathers could reduce dragnewscientist.com 15 pointsechair17 years ago1 commentSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−dpifke17yThis sounds similar to vortex generators, which are small strips of metal attached to an airplane's wings to smooth the airflow:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_generator
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This sounds similar to vortex generators, which are small strips of metal attached to an airplane's wings to smooth the airflow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_generator