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• Antoine Magnan's Le vol des insectes

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• says that he and André Sainte-Laguë

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• applied the equations of air resistance

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• and found that their flight

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• couldn't be explained by fixed-wing calc

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• but that "One shouldn't be surprised"

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• "calculations don't square with reality"

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• This has led to a common misconception

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• bees "violate aerodynamic theory"

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• In fact it merely confirms that bees

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• do not engage in fixed-wing flight

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• their flight is explained by other mecha

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• such as those used by helicopters

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• vortices created by many insects' wings

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• helped to provide lift.