Nature-Inspired Inventions · Volume 007
Dragonflies
Four-Wing Micro-Aircraft
Dragonflies were flying long before birds, bats or pterosaurs existed. Their ancestors, the griffinflies of the Carboniferous period around 300 million years ago, included some of the largest flying insects ever known, with wingspans approaching 70 centimetres. Today's dragonflies are smaller, but they are among the most capable flyers in the animal world. They hover, fly backward, turn sharply, accelerate quickly and catch flying prey with high success.
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- PDF ebook
- Length
- 33 pages
- Edition
- First Edition
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Inside this volume
- Introduction: The Original Four-Wing Flyer
- How Dragonflies Fly
- Anatomy of a Four-Wing Flyer
- Aerodynamics of Four-Wing Flight
- History of Dragonfly-Inspired and Tandem-Wing Aircraft
- Translating Dragonfly Flight Into Engineering
- Wing Structures Inspired by Dragonflies
- Control and Guidance
- Ten Dragonfly-Inspired Design Concepts
- Testing Four-Wing and Tandem Designs
- Failure Modes and Limitations
- Approval, Intellectual Property and Market
- Design Workbook
- Case Study — A Compact Tandem-Wing Survey Drone
Plus appendices of formulas and rules of thumb, common reader questions, a glossary and further reading.
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