On: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm

[szundi]

And for some reason it is because somehow life is not able the produce rotating axles?

[PeterisP → szundi]

Not only, it's also because of the square/cube law making it impossible to have a 50 ton flyer that flies in the same manner as a 5 kg flyer, you can't simply scale things up.

[cnlevy → szundi]

Rotating molecular motors exist (a proton powered turbine in the video)

http://biovisions.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_mitochondria.html

[dekhn → szundi]

You mean like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellum