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RE: Wing Filling

Subject: RE: Wing Filling
From: Graham Singleton <grasingleton@avnet.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 00:23:14

>The little teeth are channelling the water over the surface of the shark in
>such a way as to damp down drag - drag being the enemy of anything moving
>fast through water. This enables the shark to move much more quickly, with
>less energy.
>
>How do we get the 'shark skin' aircraft skin and would it work?

How about feathers?

Graham



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