平板索状滑空体の開発と滑空実験

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Flying snakes uses their entire body as a wing to glide through the air. During the glide, they use unique cross-sectional shape, which act as generating lift and undulates their entire body. Elucidation of the gliding principle of flying snake widens the range of application of snake robot. In this paper, we aim to understand the aerodynamic property of undulating shape of flying snake. We developed flat serpentine gliding model that is based on flying snake. In the experiment of gliding model we change angle of attack by changing position of the center of mass. Results of experiment is good agreement with simulation.