Review of the Flight Control Method of a Bird-like Flapping-Wing Air Vehicle

X Fang, Y Wen, Z Gao, K Gao, Q Luo, H Peng, R Du - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Bird-like Flapping-wing Air Vehicle (BFAV) is a robotic innovation that emulates the
flight patterns of birds. In comparison to fixed-wing and rotary-wing air vehicles, the BFAV …

Modeling the bio-inspired wing-tail interaction mechanism and applying it in flapping wing aircraft pitch control

L Wang, W Jiang, Z Wu, L Zhao… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Birds produce tail control torques to maintain their attitude by unfolding their tails in the wing
induced flow at hover. This mechanism is termed as wing-tail interaction. This study aims to …

Hover flight control of X-shaped flapping wing aircraft considering wing–tail interactions

Z Jiao, L Wang, L Zhao, W Jiang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The dynamic modelling and attitude controller design of a flapping wing aircraft, Beihawk,
were investigated in this study. The aircraft features of an X-shaped flapping wing …

Modeling and Hover Flight Control of a Micromechanical Flapping-Wing Aircraft Inspired by Wing–Tail Interaction

L Wang, W Jiang, L Zhao, Z Jiao - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article intends to give a comprehensive model to a brand new micromechanical
flapping-wing aircraft inspired by wing–tail interaction. In this aircraft, the flapping-wing …

[HTML][HTML] Stability and Controller Research of Double-Wing FMAV System Based on Controllable Tail

Y Zhang, Y Xiao, Q Guo, F Cui, J Zhao, G Wu, C Wu… - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to enhance the stability and response speed of a passive stabilized double-
wing flapping micro air vehicle (FMAV) by implementing a feedback-controlled biomimetic …

Stalls and Splines: Current Trends in Flight Testing and Aerodynamic Model Identification

CC de Visser, DM Pool - Journal of Aircraft, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Aerodynamic model identification remains essential for simulator operations and control
system design and operations. In this paper, state-of-the-art methodologies for aerodynamic …

Toward Practical Autonomous Flight Simulation for Flapping Wing Biomimetic Robots With Experimental Validation

C Qian, Y Fang, F Jia, J Yan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The utilization of a well-established flapping wing robot simulation holds significant
importance in the advancement of flapping wing mechanisms and algorithms. This research …

Kinematic parameter optimization of a flapping ellipsoid wing based on the data-informed self-adaptive quasi-steady model

H Zheng, F Xie, T Ji, Y Zheng - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This paper constructs an optimization framework based on the data-informed self-adaptive
quasi-steady model. The framework aims at achieving a specific aerodynamic force …

Surrogate-based pneumatic and aerodynamic allocation design optimization for flapping-wing micro air vehicles

H Zheng, Z Wang, W Zhang, H Yu, C Wu - Aerospace Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Determining the mapping relationships between the bionic structures and aerodynamic
characteristics of flapping-wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs), therefore optimizing their …

Design and Flight Performance of a Bio-Inspired Hover-Capable Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle with Tail Wing

S Xiao, Y Sun, D Ren, K Hu, H Deng, Y Wang, X Ding - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
A key challenge in flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV) design is to generate high
aerodynamic force/torque for improving the vehicle's maneuverability. This paper presents a …