ENGINEERING SCIENCES. Electrical engineering

Filatov A.

ARTUR L. FILATOV, Student, School of Engineering, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok. 8 Sukhanova St., Vladivostok, Russia, 690950, e-mail: mygryphon@gmail.com

A promising thruster for ornithopter

The article deals with the construction of ortithopter thruster system. The method of attack is based on the realisation of a wing as a manipulator with one degree of freedom and rejection of gearbox in thruster system to increase its functionality and reliability. Using the electrical BLDC motors, the hardware and software system and relying on researches in ornithology made it possible not only to decrease weight and overall dimensions of the thruster, but also to enhance its functionality through the installation of various operating modes depending on required tasks. The thruster being developed (as well as the operation principle) can be used not only in unmanned aerial vehicles, but also, potentially, for lifting a person in the air to a height of 1,000 meters. Moreover, it is possible to increase the traction of the entire flapping aircraft by the installation of several wings (the so-called multi-wing system) and their software synchronisation. On the basis of this work, an ornithopter is being constructed now having thrusters based on the BLDC motors EMAX MT3515, two flapping wings 1.5 meters of span, and the weight up to 2 kg to be tested for the first time and studied as an example of a flapping flight.

Key words: ornithopter, thruster, gimbal direct drive, flapping flight, flapping aircraft, UAV, multi-wing aircraft, BLDC servo.

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