Turbulent end for Pathfinder
The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing recently completed a short series of research flights from NASA's
Flown by crews from AeroVironment, owner and builder of the experimental aircraft, the Pathfinder-Plus made two low-altitude flights over the northern portion of
"The primary goal for these research flights of the Pathfinder-Plus was to gather aeroelastic data to really begin understanding how these vehicles perform in flight," said Robert Navarro, NASA Dryden's project manager for the test flights. "Being so flexible, they constantly change shape and we need to understand how the airplanes behave.
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