... Cofer , D. , Cymbalyuk , G. , Heitler , W. J. and Edwards , D. H. ( 2010 ). Control of tumbling during the locust jump . J. Exp. Biol. 213 , 3378 - 3387 . 10.1242/jeb.046367 Domingue , M. J. and Baker , T. C. ( 2019 ). Orientation of flight for physically...

... resistance on the wings, in resting position, slows down and even stops the rotation of the body, prior to wing deployment and flapping. Flight stability Jumping Pitch Tumbling Wing deployment When flying animals take off, the lift produced needs to overcome the weight of the flyer...

...David Cofer; Gennady Cymbalyuk; William J. Heitler; Donald H. Edwards SUMMARY Locust can jump precisely to a target, yet they can also tumble during the trajectory. We propose two mechanisms that would allow the locust to control tumbling during the jump. The first is that prior to the jump...