Designing Stable Tiny Fliers

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Channel: Inside Science · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Top-heavy design increases stability. More Information can be found at http://www.insidescience.org/?q=content/designing-stable-tiny-fliers/695.

Related story at http://www.insidescience.org/?q=content/butterfly-inspired-flying-robots/518.

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