How tp1, an indirect wing steering muscle, stabilizes Drosophila's flight
Han Kheng Teoh, Debojyoti Biswas, Abby Leung, B. Kemper Ludlow, Samuel C. Whitehead, Erica Ehrhard, Michael H. Dickinson, Tsevi Beatus, Noah John Cowan, Itai Cohen
This paper shows that indirect steering muscles in Drosophila help stabilize flight by adjusting wing pitch during large perturbations, using a nonlinear control strategy.
bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience