posted on 2024-03-13, 17:33authored byShantanu S. Bhat, Albert Medina, Fang-Bao Tian, John Young, Joseph C. S. Lai, Sridhar Ravi
The figure shows (a) the forces Fx, Fy, and Fz, and (b) the torques τx, τy and τz, all in the wing’s frame of reference, at various static wing angles, purely due to gravity. The filled symbols represent the forces and torques measured in air while open symbols represent those measured underwater.