Flight muscles and flight dynamics: towards an integrative framework

Journal article

Here a conceptual framework is provided for analysing the role of the flight muscles in stability and control. Stability usually refers to the tendency of a system to return to a characteristic reference state, whether static, as in gliding, or oscillatory, as in flapping. Asymptotic Lyapunov stability and asymptotic orbital stability as formal definitions of gliding and flapping flight stability, respectively, are discussed and a limit cycle control analogy for flapping flight control propos...

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Authors: Taylor, G

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: ANIMAL BIOLOGY
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 81-99
• Publication date: 2005-03-01
• DOI: 10.1163/1570756053276871
• EISSN: 1570-7563
• ISSN: 1570-7555
• Language: English
• Keywords: flight muscles; asymptotic stability; limit cycle control; flapping; orbital stability; flight control