Dove: A biomimetic flapping-wing micro air vehicle

This paper describes the design and development of the Dove, a flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV), which was developed in Northwestern Polytechnical University. FWMAVs have attracted international attentions since the past two decades. Since some achievements have been obtained, such as the cap...

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Published in:International journal of micro air vehicles 2018-03, Vol.10 (1), p.70-84
Main Authors: Yang, Wenqing, Wang, Liguang, Song, Bifeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Avionics
Biomimetics
Flapping wings
Micro air vehicles (MAV)
Video transmission
Wing design
Wing span
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Summary:This paper describes the design and development of the Dove, a flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV), which was developed in Northwestern Polytechnical University. FWMAVs have attracted international attentions since the past two decades. Since some achievements have been obtained, such as the capability of supporting an air vehicle to fly, our research goal was to design an FWMAV that has the ability to accomplish a task. Main investigations were presented in this paper, including the flexible wing design, the flapping mechanism design, and the on-board avionics development. The current Dove has a mass of 220 g, a wingspan of 50 cm, and the ability of operating fully autonomously, flying lasts half an hour, and transmitting live stabilized color video to a ground station over 4 km away.
ISSN:1756-8293
1756-8307
DOI:10.1177/1756829317734837