Bugs and flight was Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 17:13:45 +1100  Beth.Fulton@csiro.au writes:
>G'day, 
> 
>> I know about BumbleBees and their aerodynamics but Butterfly Flight
>> Phenomenon?
>
>The lift to thrust ratio and other features of the take-off/landing 
>and
>short flight dynamics of some insects (e.g. butterflies) break the 
>rules of
>flight/energy use etc as they're understood by current engineers and
>physicts.... the insects shouldn't be able to do it they way they do, 
>but
>they obviously do ;)
>
>Cheers
>
>Beth

The Bumble bee supposedly was 'proven' by an engineer to be incapable of
flight until another (smarter) Engineer examined the Bumble bee not as
an
airplane but a 'helicopter'  model.  At least that is the urban myth I
was taught... <grin> 

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