March 23, 2012Science

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a … Spy?

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Abstract

A new 19-gram crewless aircraft called the Nano Hummingbird with a wingspan of 17 centimeters can hover in place and fly in any direction (including backward) as fast as 18 kilometers per hour.

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Dana Mackenzie (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a17070887c007abbc054d26 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.335.6075.1433

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Abstract

A new 19-gram crewless aircraft called the Nano Hummingbird with a wingspan of 17 centimeters can hover in place and fly in any direction (including backward) as fast as 18 kilometers per hour.