• Bats can fly at a wide range of flight speeds. The bat species we used for this visualization (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) is a nectar feeding bat and can hover to feed from flowers. During fast forward flight this species can reach speeds up to 12 m/s.
    In the range of 1 to 7 m/s the movements of the wings vary extraordinarily.
    Check out the three given flight speeds and see how the locomotion changes.

    Move mouse and press CTRL-Key to rotate or press ALT-key to zoom.

    To see the interactive simulation in here, download the Unity3D-Plugin now.