03.4 - Applied Aerodynamics

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A NOVEL LIFT-THRUST INTEGRATED ROTARY FLAPPING AERIAL VEHICLE

J. Liu¹, W. Yang¹, Y. Guo¹, Y. Zhang¹; ¹Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) excel in maneuverability and stealth with broad military-civilian uses. Traditional flapping/rotor-wing designs lack efficiency under low Reynolds numbers. This paper proposes a lift-thrust integrated rotary flapping MAV, using wing motion switching for synergistic output, offering new technical ideas via numerical simulation/tests.

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DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0184