26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-10.11.3 (AIAA 2008-8975)

A NEW APPROACH TO FORCED FLAPPING FOR THE ORNICOPTER

D. J. van Gerwen, T. van Holten
TU Delft, Netherlands

Keywords: ornicopter, forced flapping, reaction torque

The Ornicopter is a helicopter that is fully controlled using only a single rotor. Instead of using a tail rotor for yaw control, the Ornicopter uses forced flapping of the rotor blades. The current paper discusses a new implementation of this forced flapping principle, which resolves several issues previously encountered.

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