Measuring wing kinematics, flight trajectory and body attitude during forward flight and turning maneuvers in dragonflies

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 745-757

  Wang, Hao ^a   Zeng, Lijiang ^a   Liu, Hao ^b   Yin, Chunyong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Dragonfly; Free flight; Fringe pattern projection; Insect wing; Kinematics; Polycanthagyna melanictera; Wing deformation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; WING;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INSECTA;

EID: 0037327279     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00183     Document Type: Article

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