This page gathers several links to ornithopter-related resources. There has been a substantial amount of work on drones, as well as flapping birds.
Source | Relation | Keywords |
Projects | ||
Ingrassia Daniele | Flying quadcopters | MultiWii, Flight controller, Sonar sensing |
Ciurnelli Mattia | Flying quadcopters | Power distribution |
Lambert Rulindana | Winged copter | Styrofoam wings |
Rangholia Chirag | Flying quadcopters | Assembly, legs, multi-wii flight controller board |
Zachary John Jackowski (mirror) | Master Thesis on ornithopters | Mechanical design, electrical design, control experiments, PD controller |
Bionic bird | Commercial ornithopter | Design preview, shaper mechanism, wing motion and main gears |
Toshitatsu Munakata | Many creative designs | 18-winged, super-lightweight, inspirations |
Caltech bat robot | Publication, flight control, complex design | Science Robotics |
Resources | ||
Reciprocating motion | Mechanical design | Crank and piston and Scotch yoke |
Mosfet tutorials | Basics | Mosfet as a switch, beginner tutorial |
Types of gears | Mechanical design | |
Ornithopter tutorials | Basics | Gears, Flapping mechanisms, Stability and control |
Battery tutorial from Adafruit | Basics | CR123a, Lithium-Ion, Lipo, battery power, battery capacity, maximum current discharge |
Youtube videos | Inspirations | RC plane that floats magically, a dragonfly with four wings, an 18-wings ornithopter |