Designing a Biomimetic Ornithopter Capable of Sustained and Controlled Flight

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-47

  Park, Joon Hyuk ^a   Yoon, Kwang Joon ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biomimetic; flapping wing; low Reynolds number; ornithopter; unsteady state

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING; CONTROLLABILITY; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; WINGS;

BIOMIMETIC; FLAPPING WING; ORNITHOPTER; UNSTEADY STATE;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 41049089465     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60005-0     Document Type: Article

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