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Geometric Analysis Reveals How Birds Mastered Flight

The Quanta Podcast

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Bird Flights Are Stable

When aeronautical engineers designed planes, they set the static margins to achieve the desired performance. But unlike airplanes, birds can move their wings and shift their body postures,. Amy Wiesa is an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University.

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