An Investigation of Paraglider's Turn Mechanism.

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  • パラグライダの旋回メカニズムの検討

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The mechanism for two types of turn maneuver of a paraglider is made clear by investigating the lateral responses coupled with the longitudinal motion. One of them is the turn initiated by pulling down one of the side control lines that generates the directional angular velocity and sideslip which produce the rolling moment and the bank angle. The other is the turn due to the lateral movement of pilot's body that generates the rolling moment causing to produce the bank angle. Then the rolling angular velocity produces the directional angular velocity due to the proverse yawing moment of canopy. It was confirmed that, during a steady turn, the centrifugal forces acting on the virtual mass of canopy and body were important factors to balance the rolling moment due to the directional angular velocity.

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