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Stable hovering of a jellyfish-like flying machine

Ornithopters, or flapping-wing aircraft, offer an alternative to helicopters in achieving manoeuvrability at small scales, although stabilizing such aerial vehicles remains a key challenge. Here, we present a hovering machine that achieves self-righting flight using flapping wings alone, without rel...

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Autores principales: Ristroph, Leif, Childress, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24430122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0992