Click mechanism for 22-cm span flapping wings

• Main Author: Tan, Adam Boon Hao
• Other Authors: Lau Gih Keong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68561
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Flapping wing flight offers many potential applications for micro air vehicles (MAV) that requires high agility to manoeuvre through narrow spaces. However, flapping wing flight requires large amounts of energy to move the wings. Insects are found to possess energy-storing thoracic mechanisms, which...