Abstract
The stability of flying of a hummingbird-like flapping-wing micro air vehicle (MAV) has been challenging. In this paper, experimental studies are reported on the tail shapes of hummingbird-like flapping-wing MAVs, since tails play an important role in-flight stability. Dynamics parameters of hummingbird tails are firstly studied and evaluated. Then man-made tails inspired by the natural hummingbirds are designed, manufactured and optimized for experimental tests. The results show that lift generated by the tail is independent of a fan angle, whereas the pitch moment is related to the fan angle. Further, the tail can be applied to stabilising hovering twin-wing flapping wing MAVs.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 9037244 |
| Pages (from-to) | 52622-52630 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | IEEE Access |
| Volume | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2013 IEEE.
Keywords
- Hummingbird tail
- flapping wing MAV
- hovering flight
- tail design
- tail fabrication
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science
- General Materials Science
- General Engineering
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