Method for shaping wing velocity profiles for control of flapping wing micro air vehicles
US8700233B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64U10/40
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of controlling wing position and velocity for a flapping wing air vehicle provides six-degrees-of-freedom movement for the aircraft through a split-cycle constant-period frequency modulation with wing bias method that generates time-varying upstroke and downstroke wing position commands for wing planforms to produce nonharmonic wing flapping trajectories that generate non-zero, cycle averaged wing drag and alter the location of the cycle-averaged center of pressure of the wings relative to the center of gravity of the aircraft to cause horizontal translation forces, rolling moments and pitching moments of the aircraft.
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