NASA RIBLETS (Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes)

[Horton]

I think this stuff is fascinating.

 

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/factsheets/Riblets.html

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/01/17/return-riblets/

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/13/sports/scouting-stars-stripes-finds-a-groove.html

 

[eleeski]

And you laughed at the texture on the bottom of my skis!

 

Eric

[Horton]

Yes

[DW]

@Horton : it is! Lots of interesting applications. I have spent some time in the Langley tunnel, some really wild stuff 'behind the curtain'.