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Ornithopter Type Flapping Wings for Autonomous Micro Air Vehicles [PDF]
Aerospace, 2015 In this paper, an ornithopter prototype that mimics the flapping motion of bird flight is developed, and the lift and thrust generation characteristics of different wing designs are evaluated.
Sutthiphong Srigrarom, Woei-Leong Chan
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Aerodynamic Analysis and Design Optimization of a Novel Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle in Hovering Flight [PDF]
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2023 Inspired by the challenging and nimble flight dynamics of flying insects and birds, this research investigates bionic propulsion technology to develop an improved flapping wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV) design.
Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, H. Zheng
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Aerospace, 2023 A key challenge in flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV) design is to generate high aerodynamic force/torque for improving the vehicle’s maneuverability. This paper presents a bio-inspired hover-capable flapping-wing micro air vehicle, named RoboFly.S,
Shengjie Xiao +6 more
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Research progress on the flight control of flapping-wing aerial vehicles
工程科学学报, 2023 In nature, flying creatures flap their wings to generate lift, which is necessary for flight. Most birds change flight patterns by moving their wings using their wing muscles and adjusting their tail states.
Tingting WANG +4 more
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Flight Performance Estimation of Bionic Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle [PDF]
Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2018 Bionic flapping-wing micro air vehicle(MAV) has received worldwide attention.The flight performance calculation is an important step in the conceptual design.The differences in performance estimation methods between the flapping-wing and conventional ...
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Flight Dynamics of Flapping-Wing Air Vehicle [PDF]
AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit, 2008 The research and development efforts presented in this paper address the flight dynamics of a flapping-wing air vehicle (ornithopter). The 74-cm-wing-span ornithopter was equipped with an automatic flight control system that provides stability augmentation and navigation of the vehicle and flight data acquisition. Wind tunnel tests were conducted with
Roman Y. Krashanitsa +3 more
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On the Aerodynamic Analysis and Conceptual Design of Bioinspired Multi-Flapping-Wing Drones
Drones, 2021 Many research studies have investigated the characteristics of bird flights as a source of bioinspiration for the design of flapping-wing micro air vehicles. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no drone design targeted the exploitation of the
Ethan Billingsley +3 more
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The Energy Benefits of the Pantograph Wing Mechanism in Flapping Flight: Case Study of a Gull [PDF]
, 2015 Bird wings generally contain a 4-bar pantograph mechanism in the forearm that enables the wrist joint to be actuated from the elbow joint thus reducing the number of wing muscles and hence reducing the wing inertia and inertial drag.
Sattler, Gene D.
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Batch Manufacturing of Split-Actuator Micro Air Vehicle Based on Monolithic Processing Technology
Micromachines, 2021 Microrobots have a wide range of applications. The rigid–flexible composite stereoscopic technology based on ultraviolet laser cutting technology is primarily researched for the design and manufacture of microrobots and has been used to fabricate ...
Xiang Lu +6 more
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IEEE Access, 2018 Flight performance calculation is an important part of the micro flapping wing air vehicle design. It is used to verify whether the air vehicle design meets the performance requirements so as to make targeted improvements to the design.
Jianlin Xuan, Z. Yang, P. Nian, D. Ma
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