Jim wrote: >>>>The energy required to hover is a tiny fraction of the
energy required
to move through the air, so not all wingbeats are going to use the same
amount of "muscle power". <<<<
Apparently this is not true. The honeybee beats her wings at the same 200
240 times a second no matter how fast she is flying.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060111082100.htm
Dick Marron
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