Science news articles about 'flexible wings'

... -beat frequencies," Mountcastle said. The "fresh," or flexible, wings had a mean deformation of 1.6 millimeters ... motion reversals, while the dry, stiff wings had a mean deformation of 1.15 millimeters ...

... wings and rotors. But just imagine the flying machines that would be possible if we could understand and harness the most efficient and acrobatic airfoils in nature: the flexible wings of the bat.

New research using high-speed digital imaging shows that, at least for some insects, wings that flex and deform, something like what happens to a heavy beach towel when you snap it to get rid of the ...