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In our first experiments, we provide a step change in the input forcing amplitude to a series-elastic spring-wing system and observe the response time of the wing amplitude increase. In our second experiments we provide an external fluid flow directed at the flapping wing and study the perturbed steady-state wing motion. We evaluate both experiments across Weis-Fogh numbers from <jats:inline-formula>\n                     <jats:tex-math\/>\n                     <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" overflow=\"scroll\">\n                        <mml:mrow>\n                           <mml:mn>1<\/mml:mn>\n                           <mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo>\n                           <mml:mi>N<\/mml:mi>\n                           <mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo>\n                           <mml:mn>10<\/mml:mn>\n                        <\/mml:mrow>\n                     <\/mml:math>\n                  <\/jats:inline-formula>. The results indicate that spring-wing systems designed for maximum energetic efficiency also experience trade-offs in agility and stability as the Weis-Fogh number increases. Our results demonstrate that energetic efficiency and wing maneuverability are in conflict in resonant spring-wing systems, suggesting that mechanical resonance presents tradeoffs in insect flight control and stability.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1088\/1748-3190\/ad9535","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,21]],"date-time":"2024-11-21T13:10:49Z","timestamp":1732194649000},"page":"016024","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Stability and agility trade-offs in spring-wing systems"],"prefix":"10.1088","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0082-2322","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"James","family":"Lynch","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9966-7715","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ethan S","family":"Wold","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1367-3848","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Jeff","family":"Gau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4942-4894","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Simon","family":"Sponberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9391-2476","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Nick","family":"Gravish","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"266","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"bbad9535bib1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2713","DOI":"10.1242\/jeb.203.18.2713","article-title":"Asynchronous muscle: a primer","volume":"2722","author":"Josephson","year":"2000","journal-title":"J. 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