The Entomopter is a novel 15cm to 18cm miniature aircraft with flapping wings, inspired by insect design. Its unusual flight characteristics make it suitable for aerial exploration of Mars, where a conventional aircraft would need to fly at 250 Mph due to the rarefied atmosphere.
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| - The Entomopter is a novel 15cm to 18cm miniature aircraft with flapping wings, inspired by insect design. Its unusual flight characteristics make it suitable for aerial exploration of Mars, where a conventional aircraft would need to fly at 250 Mph due to the rarefied atmosphere.
- The Entomopter is propelled by a pair of flapping wings driven by a Reciprocating Chemical Muscle (RCM) which is capable of generating autonomic wing beating from a chemical energy source without an ignition source, combustion, or atmospheric oxygen. Through direct conversion, the RCM also provides small amounts of electricity for onboard systems and further provides differential lift enhancement on the wings through circulation control (Coanda effect) to achieve pitch, roll, yaw, and heave to effect steered flight. The Entomopter performs obstacle avoidance and altimetry through the use of a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) acoustic transmission created with the waste gas product from fuel decomposition within the RCM. This waste gas is also used for gas bearings (dry lubricatio
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| - The Entomopter is a novel 15cm to 18cm miniature aircraft with flapping wings, inspired by insect design. Its unusual flight characteristics make it suitable for aerial exploration of Mars, where a conventional aircraft would need to fly at 250 Mph due to the rarefied atmosphere.
- The Entomopter is propelled by a pair of flapping wings driven by a Reciprocating Chemical Muscle (RCM) which is capable of generating autonomic wing beating from a chemical energy source without an ignition source, combustion, or atmospheric oxygen. Through direct conversion, the RCM also provides small amounts of electricity for onboard systems and further provides differential lift enhancement on the wings through circulation control (Coanda effect) to achieve pitch, roll, yaw, and heave to effect steered flight. The Entomopter performs obstacle avoidance and altimetry through the use of a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) acoustic transmission created with the waste gas product from fuel decomposition within the RCM. This waste gas is also used for gas bearings (dry lubrication) of all moving parts as well as the circulation controlled "blowing" of the wings for stability control and navigation.
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