Generic Theoretical and Experimental Development of Micro Aerial Vehicle Using Fundamental Principles

Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles (FWMAV) and Quad-Rotor Micro Air Vehicles (QRMAV) are strategic for many applications, applications, ranging from control device test bed to perform difficult tasks as well as to perform surveillance mission to unreachable places. While salient features and functional significance of the various components in the flying bio-systems can be synthesized into a simplified and generic and simplified model of a flapping Bi-Wing and Quad-Wing Ornithopter; Quad-Rotor Micro Air Vehicle could be utilized for developing emerging Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) technologies. Theoretical development of Bio-Inspired Bi-Wing and Quad-Wing Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles is outlined by considering the motion of a three-dimensional rigid and thin wing in flapping and pitching motion with phase lag. Basic Unsteady Aerodynamic Approach incorporating viscous effect and leading-edge suction is utilized. Theoretical and experimental development of a new variant of Quad-Rotor Micro Air Vehicles is also outlined. The theoretical development of these potential MAVs is carried out using a first principle approach starting from the Euler-Newton equations of motion.

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