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This is the MAGMA, an unmanned aerial vehicle that is the first of its kind.
这是MAGMA，它是一架无人飞行机，此种飞机还是头一架。
It is the world's first demonstration of a fully functioning aircraft with no moving parts.
它是世界首架全功能，且没有活动部件的飞机。
And it is a big deal because people have tried many times in the past, we have tried and other teams have.
这是一件大事，因为人们之前尝试了多次，我们尝试过，其他团队也尝试过。
Bill Crowther and his team from the University of Manchester in England rely on blowing air to maneuver the plane through the sky.
比尔·克劳瑟和来自英格兰曼彻斯特大学的团队通过吹风来在空中操控飞机。
Team member Ian Lunnon says getting rid of all the exterior moving parts in this generation of planes will make planes safer and lighter.
团队成员伊恩·伦农称这一代飞机去除了所有外部零件，这将让飞机更加安全轻巧。
The advantage is to reduce weight, reduce maintenance and reduce complexity.
优势是减少重量，减少维修，减少复杂性。
When you have a control flap you know, it involves all that complication.
如果飞机有襟翼操纵，那么就有所有复杂性。
Without the moving parts the plane can be assembled quickly and produced cheaply.
如果没有移动零件，那么飞机就会迅速组装，生产廉价。
It is basically a plug and play aircraft, The UK is involved in developing this next generation, UK-based fighter aircraft.
基本上就是一个即插即用飞机，英国正在研发下一代，英国造战斗机。
And so this is all about developing technologies that enable the development of aircrafts
我们是在研发技术，这种技术的飞机
that are more effective, cheaper, more reliable, can sit in a box for 10 years and then just fly when we need to.
更加高效、更加便捷、更加可靠，它可以储藏十年，但可以在需要时使用。
The plane is made from 3-D printed titanium. Instead of mechanical flaps,
飞机是3D打印出来的，材料是钛，飞机用的不是机械襟翼，
air is blown at supersonic speeds through tiny openings in the wings to allow the pilot to change directions.
空气是通过机翼上的小孔，以超音速速度喷出，从而让飞行员改变方向。
And high velocity exhaust jets provide the lift that moves the plane up and down.
这种高速喷射流可以让飞机上下移动。
It is actually really hard to pull all the bits of technology together to get it all working at the same time
让所有技术放在一起发挥作用不是件容易的事情，
to get a fully functioning aircraft, where you can turn off all the moving surfaces
去建造全功能飞机，这种飞机可以关闭所有移动控制面，
to get it to be controlled in flight the way you want it to.
让飞机在你的意愿下飞行。
If this is going to be the next generation of fighter jets the team has a long way to go.
如果这就是下一代喷气发动机的话，那这个团队还有很长的路要走。
While this plane only weighs about 46 kilograms, it can only fly at around 160 kilometers per hour.
这架飞机只有46公斤重，每小时只能够飞行约160公里。
But the technology works, and that could change the way airplanes are made.
但这项技术可以实现，它可以改变飞机的制造方式。
Kevin Enochs, VOA News.
凯文·恩尼克斯，VOA新闻
