Unmanned Aerial System Essay

Chapter 7

CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION

Difficulties generally faced during its construction

The main difficulty generally faced during indigenous construction of the ornithopter is in the construction of its gear box to make gear box according to proper ratio and also of good strength..

Improvements we can make

Our Ornithopter would be better if we constructed a strong gear box and also of large or appropriate size so that wings can flap to their max they can. Also we must be careful about the design of the wing. In this regard we need to search properly, see professional’s ornithopter to make wings more effective.

In the future, also we would like to develop a more streamlined body. We would also like to experiment with aeroelastic wings to achieve a more efficient flap.

Compared with fixed-wing, propeller-driven aircraft, and even those with high-efficiency, slowly rotating propellers, omithopter shave the potential to be the quietest of any aircraft design.

In addition to low audio profiles, ornithopters are inherently well suited to small scale aerial vehicles because of their aerodynamic properties. A flapping-wing aircraft has considerable advantages in small-scale designs because of efficient operations at low Reynolds numbers combined with the ability to fly by thrust alone. Though the small size means that micro ornithopters are more susceptible to wind gusts than larger vehicles, the potential for enhanced maneuverability, including hovering, and even backward flight, makes flapping wing designs a subject of keen interest. Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) currently in development, are proof that ornithopter technology, though still in the early stages of development as a technology, has much to contribute to the science of aerial remote