X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed Lands on EAFB Lakebed

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The goal of the X-56A project is to advance aeroservoelastic technology through flight research using a low-cost, modular, remotely piloted aircraft. The aircraft is being tested using flight profiles where flutter occurs to demonstrate that onboard instrumentation can not only accurately predict and sense the onset of wing flutter, but also be used by the control system to actively suppress aeroelastic instabilities.

April 9, 2015
NASA Photo / Ken Ulbrich