A research paper by scientists at Beijing Institute of Technology presented a CFD simulation method based on biological ...

The wings are driven as flapping wings by piezoelectric actuators. The problem with such systems is the ground effect that occurs during landings, air turbulence caused by the flapping wings ...

According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such ...

Its whirring motors burn about four times the amount of power as a plane-like drone with rigid wings. So-called ornithopters, which have flapping wings, offer the best of both worlds. The one seen ...

To minimize the energy required to fly, biologists expect that the frequency that animals flap their wings should be determined by the natural resonance frequency of the wing. However, finding a ...

While Leonardo da Vinci sketched a flapping-wing aircraft in the early 1500s it wouldn’t be for another 400 years until the first powered flight would take place, achieved by Orville and Wilbur ...