Some very interesting research done by Rick Cory that uses a single control surface to land a glider on a cable.  Check out this link for more information and videos:

 

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/locomotion/perching

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Tags: Controls, Glider, Perching

Comment by Travis on June 30, 2011 at 11:50am
Uh oh... that was already posted.
Comment by GBASK on June 30, 2011 at 1:15pm
Whoops....new to the site and didn't find it in a pre-post search.
Comment by Philippe Petit on July 1, 2011 at 6:52am

really cool research though, i am wondering how they described the aerodynamics in stall state... Seems like they created even a windchannel for this purpose.

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