Nature-Inspired Inventions · Volume 012
Flying Squirrels
Gliding-Wing Designs
A flying squirrel does not fly. It glides. Launching from a high branch, it spreads its legs and stretches a fold of furred skin between its wrists and ankles into a square, flexible wing. It sails between trees, steering with its limbs and tail, then pitches up sharply just before landing to slow down, touching the target trunk with all four feet.
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- First Edition
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Inside this volume
- Introduction: Flight Without Wings
- How Gliding Mammals Fly
- Anatomy of a Gliding Mammal
- Aerodynamics of Low-Aspect-Ratio Gliding
- History of Wingsuits and Deployable Wings
- Translating Gliding Mammals Into Engineering
- Structures for Deployable Gliding Wings
- Control and Landing
- Ten Gliding-Mammal-Inspired Design Concepts
- Testing Gliding Designs
- Failure Modes and Limitations
- Approval, Intellectual Property and Market
- Design Workbook
- Case Study — A Drone-Dropped Glide Delivery Pod
Plus appendices of formulas and rules of thumb, common reader questions, a glossary and further reading.
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