NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Designs
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| Description | Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, dropped a full-scale aircraft body, modeled after an air taxi, from a tall steel structure, known as a gantry, at the center’s Landing and Impact Research Facility. This and a previous test in late 2022 allow researchers to investigate aircraft materials that best absorb impact forces in a crash to protect the passengers and cargo inside. The data collected will enable manufacturers to design safer advanced air mobility aircraft. |
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| Date | 2025-06-24 |
| Source | images.nasa.gov |