Analysis on Hover Control Performance of T- and Cross-Shaped Tail Fin of X-Wing Single-Bar Biplane Flapping Wing

Figure 3

Examples of existing bird-inspired tailed FWAVs. (a) Microbat from AeroVironment Inc. [26]. (b) 32 g ornithopter from Konkuk University [27]. (c) DelFly Explorer from the Delft University of Technology [28]. (d) SmartBird from Festo AG & Co. KG [29]. (e). Robo Raven V from the University of Maryland [30]. (f) H2Bird ornithopter from the University of California, Berkeley [31]. (g) Robird from Clear Flight Solutions and the University of Twente [32]. (h) BionicBird from http://bionicbird.com. (i) 3.2 g flapping-wing platform from Harvard University [33]. (j) NAV from the American University of Sharjah [34]. (k) Slow Hawk 2 from Kinkade R/C. (l) Butterfly’s spy drone from Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) [35].

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(l)