"Our model predicts, that flight muscles of flies can act over several wing beats to bias the pitch of the wings and yet generate the sub wing-beat changes in wing motion that aerodynamically induce the maneuver," say the [research team].More explanation here. But what is the practical upshot?
Wang and co conclude: "The simple mechanism used by fruit flies may be quite general and should likewise simplify the control of flapping flying machines."Kress will finally have his day.
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On a different front, keep up the struggle against other fruit abusers!
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There are no ornithopters in our future (scaling problems), but this article intimates that we can reasonably expect tiny surveillance devices that fly like insects --
We're under attack!
I'm holding out for surveillance by microzeppelin.
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