Tag: Flight
Hummingbird Versus Drone
The efficiency of hummingbird wings beats our most advanced microhelicopters.
Flexible Wings Are Hard to Make
Engineers wanted to mimic the birds. They are finding out how hard that is.
Formation Flight is a V for Victorious Design
Birds are better mathematicians than we knew. Their on-board computers achieve “astounding” efficiency in flight.
Here’s the Cure for Cosmos
You may wish to have access to the antidote handy before grappling with the ailment itself.
“Not By Chance”: Drone Engineers Try the Starling Trick
What happens when engineers try autonomous formation flight? Lots of collisions.