Leading edge vortex allows bats to stay aloft USC aerodynamics expert Geoff Spedding has observed for the first time how bats lift and hover, just like insects ...

More information: Alexander Gehrke et al, Highly deformable flapping membrane wings suppress the leading edge vortex in hover ...

Highly deformable flapping membrane wings suppress the leading edge vortex in hover to perform better. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2025; 122 (6) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2410833121 ...

The first, a leading edge vortex, is common in other insects. (In fact, it's critical to the flight of the bumblebee, which was once thought to have a wing that was too small to generate the lift ...

Smoke particles illuminated with laser light around a freely flying maple seed reveal a prominent leading edge vortex. The visualization of the leading edge vortex on this and 31 other specimens ...

As the wings flap, they produce vortices, most notably a leading edge vortex (LEV) on the wing's surface, which Prapamonthon et al. found plays a crucial role in generating both lift and thrust.

Scientists from Hiroshima University undertook a study of dragonfly wings in order to better understand the relationship between a corrugated wing structure and vortex motions. They discovered ...