[From nobody Sat Jul 22 09:49:19 2006 Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:46:50 +0100 From: "Francis Gilbert" <plzfg@gwmail.nottingham.ac.uk> To: <bwakkie@syrphidae.com> Subject: Re: [Syrphidae] Syrphidae flight Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline best references for this are a book Dudley R (2000) The biomechanics of insect flight: form, function and = evolution. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA and a great paper=20 Dickinson MH (2001) Solving the mystery of insect flight. Scientific = American 284(6): 34-41 he worked mainly on Drosophila.=20 For a detailed account of hoverfly flight, see=20 Ellington C (1984a) The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. Phil Trans = R Soc B: 305, 1-181 Ennos AR (1989a) Comparative functional morphology of the wings of = Diptera. Zool J Linn Soc 96: 27-47 Ennos AR (1989b) The kinematics and aerodynamics of the free flight of = some Diptera. J Exp Biol 142: 49-85 Francis =20 Dr Francis Gilbert (on sabbatical in Egypt from 25th Feb 2005) Info: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/biology/gilbert Website http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg Egyptian-British Biological Society http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg/EBBS= oc/ebbsoc.html Syrphid Email Discussion http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/syr= phidae >>> Bastiaan Wakkie <bwakkie@syrphidae.com> 07/21/06 7:21 PM >>> Hi all, Today I got an email with the question: "'How' does the fly 'hover'?" And how does the mechanism physically work in the way that it can change direction so quickly. I had to admit to myself that I was lacking this basic knowledge of a behaviour I have seen more than half of my live ;-) Someone knows (a direction to look for)?=20 Greetings from almost dry cooked Brussels, Bastiaan Wakkie Bastiaan Wakkie PS.: "If you have interesting Syrphidae news but you find it not suitable for this list try: http://www.syrphidae.com" ATTENTION: Last few weeks my site was down due to a movement of the server (and myself along with it) New address: Bastiaan Wakkie Brouwerijstraat 64-3 1050 Brussels mobile 0485 47 47 69 email bwakkie@syrphidae.com ]