OVMI - Towards a 3D-space flapping flight parametrization
Résumé
Combining the energy advantages related to the fixed airfoils and the maneuverability of the rotary airfoils, the flapping flight presents a promising potential for the micro UAVs (Unmanned Air Vehicles). In this paper, a model and its mean behavior are given for a simple wingbeat parametrization. The use of time averaged kinematic parameters to describe flapping flight seems to be of great utility in order to simplify the highly complicated dynamics of the flapping UAV into the simple and well known single rigid body framework.