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Aerial vehicles have inherent flight characteristics based off their geometry. For example, a fighter jet has a wing configuration that grants it unmatched agility, while a commercial airliner has wings that ensure stability during flight. Can these ideas be merged together to create an aircraft that is capable of both? This paper examines how "morphing", or changing the geometry of the wings mid flight, can allow an aerial vehicle to alter its flight characteristics, thus saving energy in various complicated maneuvers (such as obstacle avoidance).

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This page is a summary of: A Parametric Study for the Effect of Morphing on Aerial Vehicles in Obstacle Avoidance, January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2025-1017.
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