Demonstration of Stable Vertical Takeoff of an Insect-Mimicking Flapping-Wing System

• DOI: 10.5302/j.icros.2012.18.2.076
• Publication Date: 2012-04-26T07:18:57Z
• Authors: Hoang-Vu Phan; Quang-Tri Truong; Quoc-Viet Nguyen; Hoon-Cheol Park; Do-Young Byun; Nam-Seo Goo
• Keywords: Flapping; Takeoff; Insect flight

This paper demonstrates how to implement inherent pitching stability in an insect-mimicking flapping-wing system for vertical takeoff. Design and fabrication of the is briefly described focusing on recent modification. Force produced by systems estimated using UBET (Unsteady Blade Element Theory) developed previous work. The estimation shows that wing twist placed modified can improve thrust production about 10 %. compared with measured thrust, which proves provides fairly good estimations systems. takeoff test be implemented aligning aerodynamic force center gravity.