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NASA conducts test of pathbreaking self-moulding alloy to help fold wings during flight

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<div><b>shape memory alloy</b> test The subscale testbed PTERA flies over NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California with the outer portions of its wings folded 70 degrees upwards. The aircraft took off with its wings zero degrees deflection, keeping them level during takeoff. The wings were folded ...</div>

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