Characterization of vibration motors for micro aerial vehicles

• Main Author: Loo, Phuay Keong.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aircraft motors and engines
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39756
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the search for a lightweight ornithopter micro aerial vehicle (MAV), conventional actuation using gears and crank mechanism to couple an electric motor to flapping wings are stumbling blocks in weight-saving efforts. An alternative was to mount a vibration motor on an elastic wing-flapping compli...