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Nightjar Wings Show the Cost of a Dual-Purpose Flight Design
Key Takeaways
- Lund University researchers studied European nightjars in a wind tunnel.
- Broad wingtips aid slow, maneuverable flight but reduce lift efficiency at higher speeds.
- The birds also generated thrust during the upstroke, a pattern more often linked with bats and insects.
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DT Editorial Team··via phys.org
