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A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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Re: A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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Australian company Mako has been applying ribbed micro-surfaces to aeroplanes for a few years now, with extremely promising results.

They talk about reducing skin friction drag but due to the translation I'm not sure if that's what this article is referring to as well.

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Are we just expected to understand Japanese ? There's no English version

Its 2026. Your browser can probably provide a reasonable translation on demand from a nearby service. FF on Linux does, so surely whatever you are rocking can manage it too. There are lots more options.

Yes I am aware that it is the year 2026 but I don't use Firefox and there is no way to translate it. Last time I checked HN is still an English language public square, while there's instances of different languages used its more often for the comments.

Re: A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its 2026. Your browser can probably provide a reasonable translation on demand from a nearby service. FF on Linux does, so surely whatever you are rocking can manage it too. There are lots more options.

Yes I am aware that it is the year 2026 but I don't use Firefox and there is no way to translate it. Last time I checked HN is still an English language public square, while there's instances of different languages used its more often for the comments.

The article caters to the majority of hn users that use a browser that automatically translates the article. Chrome on Android certainly did.

You are the minority demanding to be catered to.

Re: A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I am aware that it is the year 2026 but I don't use Firefox and there is no way to translate it. Last time I checked HN is still an English language public square, while there's instances of different languages used its more often for the comments.

The article caters to the majority of hn users that use a browser that automatically translates the article. Chrome on Android certainly did. You are the minority demanding to be catered to.

I think it is against the spirit of this community to suppress exciting content on the basis of its language.

This community is also undoubtedly composed of the kind of problem solver that can overcome this kind of hurdle.

Re: A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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Fluid mechanics was my jam before my software engineer days! Unfortunately, I think the FAA strict regulations will prevent any of the good innovations. But you can do this thing called flow control where you can control where the boundary layer detaches on the wing. You can achieve different L/D ratios and save a TON of fuel cost. NASA supposedly was going to try it on the X-37B but civilians never knew if they did or not.

Re: A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its 2026. Your browser can probably provide a reasonable translation on demand from a nearby service. FF on Linux does, so surely whatever you are rocking can manage it too. There are lots more options.

Yes I am aware that it is the year 2026 but I don't use Firefox and there is no way to translate it. Last time I checked HN is still an English language public square, while there's instances of different languages used its more often for the comments.

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Re: A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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post #11

Australian company Mako has been applying ribbed micro-surfaces to aeroplanes for a few years now, with extremely promising results. They talk about reducing skin friction drag but due to the translation I'm not sure if that's what this article is referring to as well.

If this is the previously-discussed one, the difference here is that it's not ribbing so it's not directional.

Re: A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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post #8

Are we just expected to understand Japanese ? There's no English version

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mec...

Thank you, why wasn't this article posted as the submission website? Anyways if true this could have big ramifications for aviation. I suspect most of those could result in fuel savings.

Re: A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I am aware that it is the year 2026 but I don't use Firefox and there is no way to translate it. Last time I checked HN is still an English language public square, while there's instances of different languages used its more often for the comments.

The article caters to the majority of hn users that use a browser that automatically translates the article. Chrome on Android certainly did. You are the minority demanding to be catered to.

Even then Japanese-English translations are hardly accurate and don't often translate fluently. I'm sorry I refuse to use a browser with automatic AI translation.
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