Proof The Bible Is True

by David Catchpoole

Locust

The challenges confronting designers of small robotic aircraft are many. For example, fixed wings, like those used on passenger aircraft, become very inefficient in tiny robotic planes.1 So aeronautical engineers are looking at flapping wings as an alternative.

Researchers at the University of Oxford (UK) and the Australian Defence Force Academy decided to study locust flight because locusts are such efficient flyers.2

Any artificial wing that isn’t modelled on the ‘optimised’ design of the insect wing is less efficient.

“They can fly for a very long time, over long distances with very little energy,” explained lead researcher Dr John Young.3 His team videoed locusts flying in a wind tunnel in order to identify “some of their tricks”.

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via Lessons from locust wings.