Subject: insect, bird, bat flight mechanics

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Date: Tue Sep 09 2003 - 00:40:39 PDT 

From: INSECTNET@aol.com
Message-ID: <26.3e729b6e.2c8eddf7@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 03:40:39 EDT
Subject: Subject: insect, bird, bat flight mechanics

Chris -

<<Does anyone have any good references or web sites I could use>>
For insects, check out this web page. It's in Adobe Acrobat. Hope it's not
too technical.
<A HREF="http://www.dickinson.caltech.edu/flightcontrol/TaylorInsectFlightControlReview.pdf">
http://www.dickinson.caltech.edu/flightcontrol/TaylorInsectFlightControlReview.pdf>
You might also try doing searches on some specific insects, such as
dragonflies (which can fly backards), syrphid flies (which hover in midair), bumble
bees (genus Bombus) (which fly by generating a vortex over their wings to lift
them, rather than by flapping)

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