Monday, September 21, 2009

Twisted things of Nature

You may not know this but nature prefers a twisted when it comes to flying. Insects wings deform while flying, which causes the twist. After years of examining this fact, scientists at the John Young University of New South Wales decided to put this into an experiment.
The scientists made one of the most accurate models of an insect flight and photographed the wing motion of the models and found the wing curves. Then, the scientists put their measurements into a three dimensional computer simulation. Using the simulation, they tested different scenarios with twisted wings and flat wings.
This experiment was taken place in Southern Wales, UK. They had this experiment to see which was easier to fly, twisted wings or flat wings. Nonetheless, they discovered it is 50% easier to generate lift off for a twisted winged creature than a flat winged teacher. The experiment took place for several months earlier this year and was issued on September 18 in the The Journal Science.
In my opinion, if airplanes were able to have twisted wings rather than flat wings, airplanes would than be able use less power when lifting off and could go much faster.