POLISH ACADEMY of SCIENCES
TECHNICAL SCIENCES
Analysis of Dynamic Systems and Mechanical Engineering
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55, Issue 1, March 2007
Analysis of Dynamic Systems and Mechanical Engineering |
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Some problems of micro air vehicles development |
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| C. GALINSKI and R. ZBIKOWSKI |
| This paper is an overview of the application potential and design challenges of micro air vehicles (MAVs), defined as small enough to be practical for a single-person transport and use. Four types of MAVs are considered: 1) fixed-wing, 2) rotarywing, 3) ornithopters (bird-like flapping) and 4) entomopters (insect-like flapping). In particular, advantages of a propeller-driven delta wing configuration for type 1 are discussed. Some detail is also given for type 4, the least understood of the four, including a new concept of manoeuvre control for such MAVs. The paper concludes with a brief prognostic of the future of each MAV type. |
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micro air vehicles, fixed-wing, rotary wing, ornithopter, entomopter |
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