NASA Used Supercomputer to Simulate How Air Flows Around a Drone
![A DJI Phantom 3 drone is flown during a drone demonstration.](https://cdn.nextgov.com/media/img/cd/2017/01/19/011917droneNG/860x394.jpg?1627519246)
A DJI Phantom 3 drone is flown during a drone demonstration. Alex Brandon/AP
The findings could help improve future technology.
The video below is a simulation created by NASA to show how air flows around a drone. The Ames Research Center created the animation to better understand how drones fly, and to improve drone technology in the future. Learn more about it here.