Experimental study of low speed turning flight in cockatoos and cockatiels

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 391-399

  Hedrick, Tyson L ^a,c,d   Biewener, Andrew A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Coker Hall ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; MANEUVERABILITY; VIDEO STREAMING; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCE; BILATERAL ASYMMETRIES; BODY ROLL ANGLES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 34250821802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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