Quad-thopter: Tailless Flapping Wing Robot with 4 Pairs of Wings

Christophe De Wagter; Matej Karásek; Guido de Croon

Quad-thopter: Tailless Flapping Wing Robot with 4 Pairs of Wings

Christophe De Wagter, Matej Karásek, Guido de Croon

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We present a novel design of a tailless flapping wing Micro Air Vehicle (MAV), which uses four independently driven pairs of flapping wings in order to fly and perform agile maneuvers. The wing pairs are arranged such that differential thrust generates the desired roll and pitch moments, similar to a quadrotor. Moreover, two pairs of wings are tilted clockwise and two pairs of wings anti-clockwise. This allows the MAV to generate a yaw moment. We have constructed the design and performed multiple flight tests with it, both indoors and outdoors. These tests have shown the vehicle to be capable of agile maneuvers, and able to cope with wind gusts. The main advantage is that the proposed design is relatively simple to produce, and yet has the capabilities expected of tailless flapping wing MAVs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition 2017
Editors	H. de Plinval J.-M. Moschetta G. Hattenberger
Place of Publication	Toulouse, France
Pages	249-256
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2017
Event	9th international micro air vehicles: Conference and flight competition - Toulouse, France Duration: 18 Sept 2017 → 21 Sept 2017 Conference number: 9 http://www.imav2017.org/ http://www.imavs.org/2017/

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Conference	9th international micro air vehicles
Abbreviated title	IMAV 2017
Country/Territory	France
City	Toulouse
Period	18/09/17 → 21/09/17
Internet address	http://www.imav2017.org/ http://www.imavs.org/2017/

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Wagter, CD , Karásek, M & Croon, GD 2017, Quad-thopter: Tailless Flapping Wing Robot with 4 Pairs of Wings. in HDP J.-M. Moschetta G. Hattenberger (ed.), International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition 2017. Toulouse, France, pp. 249-256, 9th international micro air vehicles, Toulouse, France, 18/09/17. <http://www.imavs.org/papers/2017/263_imav2017_proceedings.pdf>

Quad-thopter: Tailless Flapping Wing Robot with 4 Pairs of Wings. / Wagter, Christophe De ; Karásek, Matej ; Croon, Guido de.
International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition 2017. ed. / H. de Plinval J.-M. Moschetta G. Hattenberger. Toulouse, France, 2017. p. 249-256.

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