Next, my colleagues and I hope to unravel the flight mechanics of the “rolling samaras” found on tulip poplar and ash trees. These seeds rotate like maple samaras, but the wing also rolls around the ...

Some seeds can even travel hundreds of miles. The spinning flight of a maple samara. From an engineering perspective, the insights gained from our study could inform the design of new types of ...

Next, my colleagues and I hope to unravel the flight mechanics of the “rolling samaras” found on tulip poplar and ash trees. These seeds rotate like maple samaras, but the wing also rolls ...