Aerodynamic Ground Effect in Fruitfly Sized Insect Takeoff.

Aerodynamic ground effect in flapping-wing insect flight is of importance to comparative morphologies and of interest to the micro-air-vehicle (MAV) community. Recent studies, however, show apparently contradictory results of either some significant extra lift or power savings, or zero ground effect...

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Main Authors: Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Masateru Maeda, Thomas Engels, Hao Liu, Kai Schneider, Jean-Christophe Nave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4809487?pdf=render