28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-11.9.2

THE FLAPPING AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS WITH WING DEFORMATION UNDER GUST INPUT

K. Okumura, H. Tokutake
Kanazawa Univ., Japan

Keywords: flapping aircraft, wing deformation, gust response

Stability derivatives of the flapping aircraft subject to disturbance input were derived, and the dynamics was modeled with the deformation of the wing. The control performances were investigated with the variation of the design parameters. The results show the optimal elasticity parameters and feedback gain.

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