Aerodynamic ground effect in fruitfly sized insect takeoff

D Kolomenskiy, M Maeda, T Engels, H Liu… - PLoS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Aerodynamic ground effect in flap**-wing insect flight is of importance to comparative
morphologies and of interest to the micro-air-vehicle (MAV) community. Recent studies …

Modulation of flight muscle recruitment and wing rotation enables hummingbirds to mitigate aerial roll perturbations

S Ravi, R Noda, S Gagliardi, D Kolomenskiy… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Both biological and artificial fliers must contend with aerial perturbations that are ubiquitous
in the outdoor environment. Flap** fliers are generally least stable but also most …