NASA Develops Helicopter Strakes
NASA has developed a Low-Speed Anti-Torque system that uses strakes mounted on a helicopter's tailboom to improve directional stability in a hover and has licensed the technology to a commercial manufacturer. The strakes initially were developed by scientists at NASA's Langley Research Center...
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