Flight dynamics of a butterfly-type ornithopter

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2706-2711

  Tanaka, Hiroto ^a   Hoshino, Kazunori ^a   Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^a   Shimoyama, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Insect flight; Micro aerial vehicle; Ornithpter

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; VIDEO CAMERAS; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BUTTERFLY; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; INSECT FLIGHT; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LONGITUDINAL MOTION; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; ORNITHPTER;

FREE FLIGHT;

EID: 79958019511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1544999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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