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Article: RESEARCH ON HUMMINGBIRD FLIGHT WILL LEAD TO NEW TECHNOLOGY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 25, 2007
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New Mexico State University issued the following news release:
Nature serves as an inspiration for many technologies, and researchers in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University are taking their inspiration for a micro air vehicle (MAV) design from the hummingbird.
The researchers are using a scale model that can mimic the wing motion of an actual hummingbird, allowing accurate measurements and observations of how air flows around the wings as they flap.
MAVs can be used in a wide range of important surveillance and tactical reconnaissance functions. However, vehicles measuring 10 centimeters or less might have a problem with hovering and vertical flight in windy ...