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by oh_teh_meows 4718 days ago
Imagine this being used on commercial aircrafts...

Captain: We have now landed at SFO. We will now taxi to gate A3.

Passengers: OH CRAP. bumps up and down

But in all seriousness, this could be a precursor to a more fluid form of wing morphing, i.e. without joints. Sort of like Eddy in Stealth, which morph its wings to direct jet exhaust downwards to create vertical lift.