TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and Verification of a Large-Scaled Flapping-Wing Aircraft Named “Cloud Owl”
AU - Meng, Rui
AU - Song, Bifeng
AU - Xuan, Jianlin
AU - Yang, Xiaojun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - The bionic flapping-wing aircraft has the advantages of high flexibility and strong concealment; however, in the existing flapping-wing aircraft, the platform performance is influenced by the payload capacity, endurance, and durability; additionally, the mission capability is constrained, making it challenging to put into use in real-world scenarios. In response to this issue, this article offers a thorough design approach for a large-span flapping-wing aircraft, focusing on effective flapping wings, effective flapping mechanism design, and enhancement of flapping mechanism reliability, and ultimately realizing the design and verification of a new bionic flapping-wing aircraft with a large wingspan, called “Cloud Owl”. It has a wingspan of 1.82 m and weighs 980 g. The aircraft is capable of autonomous flight and remote control, and it can carry a range of mission-specific equipment. More than 200 flights have been made by “Cloud Owl” so far in Xi’an, Beijing, Tianjin, Tibet, Ganzi, and other places. It has evolved into a flapping-wing aircraft platform with exceptional stability, payload capacity, and long endurance.
AB - The bionic flapping-wing aircraft has the advantages of high flexibility and strong concealment; however, in the existing flapping-wing aircraft, the platform performance is influenced by the payload capacity, endurance, and durability; additionally, the mission capability is constrained, making it challenging to put into use in real-world scenarios. In response to this issue, this article offers a thorough design approach for a large-span flapping-wing aircraft, focusing on effective flapping wings, effective flapping mechanism design, and enhancement of flapping mechanism reliability, and ultimately realizing the design and verification of a new bionic flapping-wing aircraft with a large wingspan, called “Cloud Owl”. It has a wingspan of 1.82 m and weighs 980 g. The aircraft is capable of autonomous flight and remote control, and it can carry a range of mission-specific equipment. More than 200 flights have been made by “Cloud Owl” so far in Xi’an, Beijing, Tianjin, Tibet, Ganzi, and other places. It has evolved into a flapping-wing aircraft platform with exceptional stability, payload capacity, and long endurance.
KW - bionic aircraft
KW - flapping wing
KW - high payload
KW - large-scaled
KW - long endurance
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U2 - 10.3390/app13095667
DO - 10.3390/app13095667
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85159292541
SN - 2076-3417
VL - 13
JO - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
JF - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
IS - 9
M1 - 5667
ER -