Designing Stable Tiny Fliers
JUN 26, 2012
Top-heavy design increases stability
Designing Stable Tiny Fliers
Get Inside the Science:
- Leif Ristroph , Researcher, New York University
- Building Better Flapping Fliers
- The importance of being top-heavy: Intrinsic stability of flapping flight
Inside Science Buzzwords:
- Flight Stability - The ability of an object to maintain a specific angle and position while moving through the air.
- Aerodynamic Lift - The lift created by aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that oppose the force of gravity.
- Airfoil - The shape of the wing or blade.
