Remarkable flight performance is key to the survival of adult Odonata. They integrate varied three-dimensional architectures and kinematics of the wings, unsteady aerodynamics, and sensory feedback control in order to achieve agile flight. Therefore, a diverse range of approaches are necessary to understand their flight strategy comprehensively. Recently, new data have been presented in several key areas in Odonata such as measurement of surface topographies, computational fluid dynamic analyses, quantitative flow visualisation using particle image velocimetry, and optical tracking of free flight trajectories in laboratory environments. In this paper, we briefly review those findings alongside more recent studies that have advanced our understanding of the flight mechanics of Odonata still further.

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蜻蜓和豆娘飞行的最新进展

卓越的飞行性能是成年蜻蜓生存的关键。它们集成了各种三维结构和机翼运动学、非定常空气动力学和感官反馈控制，以实现敏捷飞行。因此，需要采用多种方法来全面了解他们的飞行策略。最近，在 Odonata 的几个关键领域中提供了新数据，例如表面形貌测量、计算流体动力学分析、使用粒子图像测速法的定量流动可视化以及实验室环境中自由飞行轨迹的光学跟踪。在本文中，我们简要回顾了这些发现以及最近的研究，这些研究进一步加深了我们对 Odonata 飞行力学的理解。