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Effectors Replace Control Surfaces in New Electric Aircraft
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., has announced a $12.4 million order to Aurora to move to phase-one of the “Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors” (CRANE) project. Aurora Flight Sciences engineers are replacing control surfaces like ailerons, rudders, and flaps with effector jets on a new electric aircraft. Passive control involves geometrical modifications like vortex generators on an aircraft wing for flow separation control, or chevrons on an...
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