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Solving the thoracic inverse problem in the fruit fly
Arion Pons, Illy Perl, Omri Ben-Dov +2
In many insect species, the thoracic structure plays a crucial role in enabling flight. In the dipteran indirect flight mechanism, the thorax acts as a transmission link between th…
Distinct forms of resonant optimality within insect indirect flight motors
Arion Pons, Tsevi Beatus
Insect flight motors are extraordinary natural structures that operate efficiently at high frequencies. Structural resonance is thought to play a role in ensuring efficient motor o…
Pitch Perfect: How Fruit Flies Control their Body Pitch Angle
Samuel C. Whitehead, Tsevi Beatus, Luca Canale +1
Flapping insect flight is a complex and beautiful phenomenon that relies on fast, active control mechanisms to counter aerodynamic instability. To directly investigate how freely-f…
Roll Control in Fruit Flies
Tsevi Beatus, John M. Guckenheimer, Itai Cohen
Due to aerodynamic instabilities, stabilizing flapping flight requires ever-present fast corrective actions. Here we investigate how flies control body roll angle, their most susce…