Fig. 1. Cross section of an airfoil illustrating geometry of the principal model
parameters. (A) The arrows indicate that the wing is translating to the left
due to root-flapping and rotating about the point r due to active
supination or pronation. Point i is the location of the incident
flow, which is illustrated in (B). The subscript (r) has been removed from
r,
i and c for clarity. (B)
The relevant flow velocity components due to root-flapping
and wing rotation
and their resultant,
(r,t). Also illustrated are the wing
pitch,
, the geometric attack angle,
g, and the angle
of incidence,
', acting at the point i in (A).