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Nature 392, 757-758 (23 April 1998) | doi:10.1038/33796
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Biological sensors: Controlling the fly's gyroscopes
Roland Hengstenberg1
True flies — such as hoverflies or the blow fly Calliphora vicina — have breathtaking aerobatic capabilities due to a very elaborate flight apparatus. Not only do they beat their wings up to 150 times per second, but they have a gearbox with three gears in the wing joint1, and use non-stationary aerodynamics to generate exceptionally large flight forces2.
- Roland Hengstenberg is at the Max-Planck-Institut für Biologische Kybernetik, Spemannstrasse 38, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany, and at the Institute for Advanced Study, Wallotstrasse 19, D-14193 Berlin, Germany.
e-mail: Email: roland.hengstenberg@tuebingen.mpg.de
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