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Quadrotor Backflip Demonstrated in Wind

Taeyoung Lee
Written by Taeyoung Lee
Quadrotor backflip in wind: a frame from the lab’s flight demonstration.
Quadrotor backflip in wind: a frame from the lab’s flight demonstration.

Mahdis Bisheban demonstrated a quadrotor backflip under wind disturbances. The experiment illustrates the lab’s interest in testing agile flight control in the presence of external disturbances.

The original Facebook announcement includes the flight video.

Another frame from the same backflip demonstration, showing a different stage of the maneuver.
Another frame from the same backflip demonstration, showing a different stage of the maneuver.

Original FDCL announcement — March 2, 2019

Taeyoung Lee
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Taeyoung Lee

Taeyoung Lee is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington University, with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. He directs the Flight Dynamics and Control Laboratory and joined GW in 2011 after serving on the faculty at the Florida Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 2008.