07 March 2014

Span efficiency of swifts

In a new paper by Per Henningsson and co-workers the span efficiency of swifts flying by flapping and gliding flight, respectively, are analysed. Somewhat counter to intuition the swifts were more efficient during flapping flight than during gliding flight. The reasons for this are discussed in the paper, which is published open access in Plos Biology.

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