@conference {726726,
	title = {A Variable Forward-Sweep Wing Design for Improved Perching in Micro Aerial Vehicles},
	booktitle = {55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum},
	year = {2017},
	abstract = {A micro aerial vehicle with a variable forward-sweep wing is proposed with the goal of enhancing performance and controllability during high-angle-of-attack perching maneuvers. Data is presented from a series of wind tunnel experiments to quantify the aerodynamic effects of forward sweep over a range of angles of attack from -25 degrees\&nbsp;to +75\&nbsp;degrees. A nonlinear dynamics model is constructed using the wind tunnel data to gain further insight into aircraft flight dynamics and controllability. Simulated perching trajectories optimized with a direct collocation method indicate that the forward-swept wing configuration can achieve qualitatively different lower-cost perching maneuvers than the straight wing configuration.},
	author = {Zachary R. Manchester and Jeffrey I. Lipton and Wood, Robert J. and Scott Kuindersma}
}
