How To Hack A Hummingbird’s Flight

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Have you ever wondered how hummingbirds are able to fly and hover so perfectly? New research reveals their secrets, and teaches us a way to hack their flight pattern.

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UBC team finds a glitch in hummingbird hovering
eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-12/uobc-utf120…
“Hummingbirds rely on their ability to hover in order to feed off the nectar of flowers.”

Hummingbird’s Hover Hampered by Background Motion
news.discovery.com/animals/hummingbirds-hover-h…
“The hummingbird gives off an impression of unerring grace, with its keen ability to fly in place like a helicopter.”

Hummingbirds control hovering flight by stabilizing visual motion
pnas.org/content/early/2014/12/04/1415975111.ab…
“The avian brain has numerous specializations for navigation and processing visual information, but relatively little is known about how flying birds control their position in space.”

Hummingbirds And Bugs Share Flight ‘Tricks’
futurity.org/hummingbird-flight-bugs-808542/
“A tiny hummingbird hovering at one flower and then darting to another is an amazing sight. How do they do it?”

Hummingbird flies more like insect than bird, says study
earthsky.org/earth/hummingbird-flies-more-like-…
“You might think a hummingbird simply beats its wings so fast and hard it pushes down enough air to keep its small body afloat. Turns out it’s much trickier than that.”

Realistic aerodynamic simulation reveals how hummingbirds hover
youtube.com/watch?list=UUtnWlJ_4k2E90luVGfeArdg…

Three-dimensional flow and lift characteristics of a hovering ruby-throated hummingbird
rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/98/2…
“A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation is performed for a ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) in hovering flight.”

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