What is it about?
This work attempts to mimic turns during gliding of flying snakes solely by making asymmetric undulations of its body.
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Why is it important?
Militaries are interested in unconventional Micro Aerial Vehicles to evade detection. In arboreal terrains, mimicking a flying snake could be usrful for this purpose. This work investigates the possibility of varying the undulation pattern of the snake for turn control.
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This page is a summary of: Turn control in wings inspired by flying snakes, January 2019, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/1.5120192.
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