Design and Test of a Flapping Wing Micro-Aerial Vehicle
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open in viewerThe objective of this project is to design, fabricate and test a Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) with hovering capability. The MAV is designed to bio-mimic hummingbird flight, in which the wings flap in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal. Aerodynamic lift is created from the interaction between the wings and the vortex generated by the previous stroke (wake-capture motion). The team designed, manufactured and assembled an initial static prototype. The final design is characterized by a wing span of 36 cm and a weight of 41 g. The wings have been manufactured using monokote reinforced with carbon fiber, while the chassis and drive train have been 3-D printed based on thermoplastics.
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- E-project-030614-020404
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- 2014
- Date created
- 2014-03-06
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- Major
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