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🚀✈️ Dive into the future of aviation with our latest video! Today, we're exploring the groundbreaking X-65, a game-changer in flight control design that eliminates external moving parts, ushering in a new era of efficiency and performance.

DARPA has partnered with Aurora Flight Sciences to develop a full-scale X-plane, showcasing the potential of Active Flow Control (AFC) actuators for primary flight control. Since the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903, the basic principle of using movable external rudders has persisted, but the X-65 is set to redefine this norm.

Discover how the X-65 utilizes pressurized source air jets to shape airflow over its surface, with AFC effectors controlling roll, pitch, and yaw. This innovative approach eliminates external moving parts, leading to reduced weight, simplified complexity, and enhanced overall performance.

Dr. Richard Wlezien, DARPA program manager, highlights the X-65 as a technological demonstrator with its diamond wing shape designed for maximum understanding of AFC through real-world testing.

The X-65 boasts two sets of control actuators—traditional flaps and rudders, alongside AFC actuators integrated into all lifting surfaces. This dual-system setup minimizes risks and maximizes understanding of control effectiveness. Watch as initial tests establish a baseline with traditional control surfaces, followed by selective blocking of moving surfaces using AFC effectors in subsequent trials.

Get ready for the unmanned X-65, weighing over 3,170 kg, with a 9-meter wingspan and speeds reaching up to Mach 0.7. Comparable to a military trainer aircraft, the X-65's flight test results hold significance for the design of real-world aircraft.

Dr. Wlezien emphasizes the X-65's modular platform, allowing easy replacement of wing sections and AFC actuators. This ensures its continued role as a test facility for DARPA and other agencies beyond the completion of Project CRANE. Aurora Flight Sciences has already kicked off production, and the X-65 is set to hit the skies in early 2025, with its maiden flight scheduled for the summer of the same year.

Stay tuned for updates on this futuristic marvel, and join us on our journey through the skies! 🌌 #AviationInnovation #X65 #FlightRevolution #FutureOfFlight