Turning Flight

Turning Flight is a fundamental maneuver in flight dynamics characterized by a sustained change in the aircraft's flight path direction about a vertical axis, distinguishing it from straight and level flight through the intentional generation of lateral aerodynamic forces to achieve curved trajectory control.

105

Publications

7.4K

Citations

255

Authors

115

Institutions

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2017–2026

Parents

Flight DynamicsFlight Mechanics

Children

Bank Angle EffectsBanked Turning FlightCentripetal AccelerationCoordinated Turn DynamicsCross-control EffectsDirectional Stability In TurnsLateral Stability In TurnsMaximum Turn RateMinimum Turn RadiusRoll Rate Dynamics

Publications

105

The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. III. Kinematics

C. P. Ellington · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1984 · 810 citations

Engineering, Entomology, Aerodynamics +15

The Aerodynamics of Free-Flight Maneuvers in <i>Drosophila</i>

Steven N. Fry, Rosalyn W. Sayaman, Michael H. Dickinson · Science · 2003 · 534 citations

Engineering, Biology, Entomology +13

A tailless aerial robotic flapper reveals that flies use torque coupling in rapid banked turns

Matěj Karásek, Florian T. Muijres, Christophe De Wagter et al. · Science · 2018 · 423 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering +15

Flies Evade Looming Targets by Executing Rapid Visually Directed Banked Turns

Florian T. Muijres, Michael J. Elzinga, Johan M. Melis et al. · Science · 2014 · 318 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Animal Behavior +16

Wingbeat Time and the Scaling of Passive Rotational Damping in Flapping Flight

Tyson L. Hedrick, Bo Cheng, Xinyan Deng · Science · 2009 · 288 citations · Full text

Engineering, Biology, Zoology +17

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Authors

255

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Michael H. Dickinson
California Institute of Technology, United States
8 publications · 1.4K citations
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Tyson L. Hedrick
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
6 publications · 499 citations
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Andrew A. Biewener
Harvard University, United States
6 publications · 295 citations
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Bo Cheng
Pennsylvania State University, United States
4 publications · 389 citations
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Kevin M. Middleton
University of Missouri, United States
4 publications · 265 citations
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Institutions

115

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Venues

Journal of Experimental Biology
22 publications · 2K citations
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Journal of Aircraft
5 publications · 110 citations
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Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
5 publications · 369 citations
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Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
5 publications · 134 citations
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Science
4 publications · 1.6K citations
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