Wing Designs for a small flying robot in hovering
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Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) technology is currently interesting since it can be applied extensively such as hazardous to mankind environment. Therefore, we are interested in the study of the MAV wing designs and the flapping mechanisms. Specifically, three wings has been designed using cloth fabric and a plastic sheet. The Clap-and-Fling, imitating an insect flight mechanism, is chosen as a main flapping mechanism. The average lift force is measured and processed using load cell and Arduino board, respectively. The results show that the wings in which the upper part are made of cloth fabrics and the lower part are made of plastic sheets with the angle of attack at 75 degree produce the best average lift force equals to 9.047 grams. Since the average lift is greater than zero, the designed mechanism is able to float in the air.
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