Experiences and research of Marloes van Son during the DordtYart Artist In Residence: April 1st - June 30th 2014, Dordrecht.
www.marloesvanson.nl
8.4.14
Flying Gull
Due to the wing
tips being bent up in the downstroke the tip fortexes are
accelerated outwards. The resulting, seeming enlargement
of the wing span effects a decrease of the induced drag. http://ornithopter.de/english/gull.htm