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1Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory, Control and Operations Department, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands. g.c.h.e.decroon@tudelft.nl.
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|October 6, 2020
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The identification and solution of a major efficiency loss in small flapping wing drones lead to more agile aerobatic maneuvers.
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