Flapping flight
 

Hello,
does anybody found some article about a plane lifting and thrusting only by the flapping wings? Please tell how to find it (the review or web link).

Thanks bye [8D]

RE: Flapping flight
 

What you're looking for is an ornithopter. I don't recall where I read about it, but there is an R/C version available.

RE: Flapping flight
 

Ornithopters are incredibly inefficient when large, but small things the size of birds are very efficient. I read an article about them in Scientific American or Popular Science

RE: Flapping flight
 

Prof James Delaurier in Canada has done a lot of research about flapping wing flight and has written several good articles in the subject. He also has the craziest ongoing project that I have ever seen. A fullscale ornithopter!!
Have a look at his homepage at http://www.ornithopter.net

Several of Delauriers articles can be downloaded from his homepage. One article describes an aerodynamic model for computing lift and thrust of a flapping wing. If you are going to build an ornithopter I would recommend that article. I have used the model to create a small electric ornithopter with successful result. See the video I have attached below.

http://www.m.lintek.liu.se/usr/m98da...rd_of_prey.wmv

/David

RE: Flapping flight
 

Thank you ;)

RE: Flapping flight
 

Argonauta, here is one more link I think you might find interesting

http://www.ornithopter.org

/David