Print Email Facebook Twitter Studying the effect of the tail on the dynamics of a flapping-wing MAV Title Studying the effect of the tail on the dynamics of a flapping-wing MAV Author Rijks, F.G.J. Contributor De Visser, C.C. (mentor) Karásek, M. (mentor) Armanini, S.F. (mentor) Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Control & Simulation Date 2017-05-19 Abstract The effects of horizontal tail geometry and position on longitudinal flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle dynamics were studied using wind tunnel and free-flight experiments. Linearised models were used to analyse the effect on the dynamic properties of the ornithopter. Results show higher steady-state velocity and increased pitch damping for increased tail surface area and aspect ratio. The maximum span width of the tail surface is also found to play an important role in determining dynamic behaviour, in particular when the distance between the tail surface and the flapping wings is large. Steady-state conditions can be predicted accurately using linear functions of tail geometry for this ornithopter. Predicting dynamic behaviour is more complicated and requires further study. However, the observed trends in some of the model parameters suggest that future models explicitly including the tail geometry may be used to design flapping-wing robots with desirable dynamic properties. Subject wing-tail interactionFlapping-wing MAVsystem identificationtail effects To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:18dee61c-9828-430a-9d71-5a12586da89c Embargo date 2020-05-19 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2017 F.G.J. Rijks Files PDF 20170503_final_thesis.pdf 24.08 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:18dee61c-9828-430a-9d71-5a12586da89c/datastream/OBJ/view