Figure 3.

Rotation frequency Ω_b of the beating plane around the flagellar axis, scaled with the beat frequency ω, as a function of the preferred curvature c₀ of the flagellum. In the elastic MCE model, the rotation frequency increases with increasing chirality for small c₀^(m); however, for c₀^(m)L_m > 0.7, where curvature of the tail is generated by elastic deformation, rotation slows down.