Chopper drop tests new technology: Expandable honeycomb cushion could make helicopters safer
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 01:21
in Physics & Chemistry
How do you make a helicopter safer to fly? You crash one. NASA aeronautics researchers recently dropped a small helicopter from a height of 35 feet (10.7 m) to see whether an expandable honeycomb cushion called a deployable energy absorber could lessen the destructive force of a crash.
