Nowadays, there is a growing need for flying drones with diverse capabilities for both civilian
and military applications. There is also a significant interest in the development of novel …

Micro air vehicles (MAVs) have the potential to revolutionize our sensing and information
gathering capabilities in areas such as environmental monitoring and homeland security …

It was thought that the aerodynamics of flap** flight in birds is fully understood for quite
some time, but recent studies have shown that this is not the case. Bird flight uses …

Low Reynolds number aerodynamics is important to a number of natural and man-made
flyers. Birds, bats, and insects have been of interest to biologists for years, and active study …

BIRDS, insects, fish, and cetaceans, such as whales and dolphins, have evolved and used
flap**-wing systems for thrust and lift production for millions of years. An understanding of …

There are nearly a million known species of flying insects and 13 000 species of flying warm-
blooded vertebrates, including mammals, birds and bats. While in flight, their wings not only …

Flying insects are interesting dipteras with an outstanding wing structure that makes their
flight efficient. It is challenging to mimic flying insects and create effective artificial flap** …

Recent work on the aerodynamics of flap** flight reveals fundamental differences in the
mechanisms of aerodynamic force generation between fixed and flap** wings. When fixed …

Saving energy and enhancing performance are secular preoccupations shared by both
nature and human beings. In animal locomotion, flap** flyers or swimmers rely on the …

This paper describes the design and development of the Dove, a flap**-wing micro air
vehicle (FWMAV), which was developed in Northwestern Polytechnical University. FWMAVs …