How Flies the Albatross – the Flight Mechanics of Dynamic Soaring
How Flies the Albatross – the Flight Mechanics of Dynamic Soaring
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The flight mechanics of dynamic soaring are described to explain how the albatross can sustain soaring flight over a waveless sea in any net direction, including upwind, by extracting energy from the wind velocity gradient with cyclic zoom maneuvers. A dynamic soaring force is postulated to be represented by a wind-aligned vector providing energy gain during both upwind ascent and downwind descent in the wind profile. Maneuver angles are specified consistent with both a dynamic soaring rule and the desired net progress over the water. The equations of motion for coordinated maneuvering in the wind profile are derived and numerically integrated for a range of trajectories as perceived by the albatross, and also as perceived by a stationary observer.
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How Flies the Albatross – the Flight Mechanics of Dynamic Soaring
Sae Technical Papers
World Aviation Congress & Exposition ; 2004
2004-11-02
Conference paper
English
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