Air Vehicle Flight Mechanism and Control Method

摘要

Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension.

主权项

1. A wing comprising
a mast engaging a fitment; a spar engaging a fitment substantially perpendicular to the mast, the spar rotatably coupled to the mast to selectively decrease an angle of the spar relative to the mast; a mast tube disposed about a portion of the mast; a spar tube disposed about a portion of the spar; a scrim attached to the spar tube and the mast tube; and a first batten disposed on the scrim and extending in a direction radially from the intersection of the spar and the mast, the first batten having a distal end proximate to an edge of the airfoil; wherein increased luffing of the scrim results from decreasing the angle of the spare relative to the mast.