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Any ornithologists here?

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Thunderchook

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Becoming slowly fascinated by the whole "Mother nature got it right in designing birds! Why don't we copy?"

It would seem that birds use a number of techniques, most of all variable geometry.

Does anyone here understand the finer points?
e.g. I don't see any birds with a vertical fin. How do they yaw?
Drag at their wing tips?
Something similar to weight-shift/hang gliders?

How have these been applied to modern aerodynamics?

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