370 - Nixus, the Fly-by-Wire Glider

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• Episode: 370 - Nixus, the Fly-by-Wire Glider
• Website: omega tau - English only
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• Duration: 01:42:07
• Published: 2021-06-04 20:13

In this episode I talk with Paulo Iscold, a professor or aeronautical engineering at Cal Poly about Nixus Nixus, his most recent project. Nixus is one of the most fascinating and ground-breaking research efforts in the space of gliding. It uses advanced manufacturing techniques to support a very thing wing, plus a fly-by-wire system to control the ailerons and the flaps; the latter are automatically adjusted to the current speed.