A method for continuous study of soaring and windhovering birds

Abstract Avian flight continues to inspire aircraft designers. Reducing the scale of autonomous aircraft to that of birds and large insects has resulted in new control challenges when attempting to hold steady flight in turbulent atmospheric wind. Some birds, however, are capable of remarkably stabl...

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Main Authors: Matthew Penn, George Yi, Simon Watkins, Mario Martinez Groves-Raines, Shane P. Windsor, Abdulghani Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10359-w