Aerodynamically, the bee is extremely well design to fly. Their wings are designed such that they are able to have incredible agility. I know Alvin would be wishing he can fly his plane the way bees do.
The Australian National University, has a very huge "All-Weather Bee-flight Facility". Scientist are studying bee flight for use in miniture flying robotic spies and unmanned planetary exploration probes. (New Scientist 171(2305):38–42, 25 August 2001)
Bees flap their wings by vibrating their outer covering (exoskeleton). Also, insect wings flap with a very complex motion, rotating and changing the tilt to achieve the required lift—the algorithm for this motion has previously been programmed into robot simulations of insect wing flapping.
For more details on how bees are suited for flight... more then just aerodynamics, http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i2/bees.asp
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THAT'S HOW I BECAME A PASTOR....I DIDN'T KNOW AERODYNAMICALLY THAT I COULDN'T.
Aerodynamically, the bee is extremely well design to fly. Their wings are designed such that they are able to have incredible agility. I know Alvin would be wishing he can fly his plane the way bees do.
The Australian National University, has a very huge "All-Weather Bee-flight Facility". Scientist are studying bee flight for use in miniture flying robotic spies and unmanned planetary exploration probes. (New Scientist 171(2305):38–42, 25 August 2001)
Bees flap their wings by vibrating their outer covering (exoskeleton). Also, insect wings flap with a very complex motion, rotating and changing the tilt to achieve the required lift—the algorithm for this motion has previously been programmed into robot simulations of insect wing flapping.
For more details on how bees are suited for flight... more then just aerodynamics, http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i2/bees.asp
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