Power Modeling and Experiment Study of Large Flapping-Wing Flying Robot during Forward Flight
Applied Sciences, 2022 A power estimation approach for calculating the power of a flapping-wing air vehicle (FWAV) in forward flight is proposed in this paper. One of the challenges and essential points of FWAVs is endurance.
Siping Zhong, Wenfu Xu
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Mechanism and Kinematics for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles Maneuvering Based on Bilateral Wings
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2022 With the development and application of a bionic flapping micro aircraft vehicle (FMAV), further requirements for its high maneuvering flight characteristics have been put forward. A controlling tail cannot meet the requirements of the maneuvering flight
Rui Zhang +5 more
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A Review of Flapping Mechanisms for Avian-Inspired Flapping-Wing Air Vehicles
Aerospace, 2023 This study focuses on the flapping mechanisms found in recently developed biometric flapping-wing air vehicles (FWAVs). FWAVs mimic the flight characteristics of flying animals, providing advantages such as maneuverability, inconspicuousness, and ...
Jae-Hung Han +4 more
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Design of Variable Amplitude Flapping Wing Aircraft and Realization of Multiple Flight Modes
Jixie chuandong, 2021 Aiming at the problems of the single flight mode and inflexible flight attitude，a variable amplitude flapping wing aircraft is designed. By adjusting the flapping amplitude， the flapping wing motion attitude and flight mode can be switched.
Yueyang Hou +4 more
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A CFD-informed quasi-steady model of flapping-wing aerodynamics [PDF]
, 2015 Aerodynamic performance and agility during flapping flight are determined by the combination of wing shape and kinematics. The degree of morphological and kinematic optimization is unknown and depends upon a large parameter space.
Bomphrey, R J, Liu, H, Nakata, T
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Journal of Robotics, 2020 The current flapping wing adopts T-shaped or cross-shaped tail fin to adjust its flight posture. However, how the tail fin will affect the hover control is not very clear.
Pingxia Zhang, Junru Zhu, Yongqiang Zhu
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Complexity, 2023 Flapping-wing flight control is a multi-input and multi-output nonlinear system with uncertainties, which is affected by modeling errors, parameter variations, external disturbances, and unmodeled dynamics. Parameter uncertainty has a great impact on the
Lun Li +4 more
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Heart rate and estimated energy expenditure of flapping and gliding in black-browed albatrosses [PDF]
, 2013 Albatrosses are known to expend only a small amount of energy during flight. The low energy cost of albatross flight has been attributed to energy-efficient gliding (soaring) with sporadic flapping, although little is known about how much time and energy
Iwata, T. +5 more
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Experimental investigation of some aspects of insect-like flapping flight aerodynamics for application to micro air vehicles [PDF]
, 2009 Insect-like flapping flight offers a power-efficient and highly manoeuvrable basis for micro air vehicles for indoor applications. Some aspects of the aerodynamics associated with the sweeping phase of insect wing kinematics are examined by making ...
Ansari, S. A. +5 more
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Research progress on the energy consumption of bionic flapping-wing aerial vehicles
工程科学学报, 2022 Natural flyers use muscles, bones, and other structures in coordination to attain agile and nimble flight performance. They can fly in various complex environments through different flight modes, such as flapping, hovering, and gliding.
Min ZHAO +4 more
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