Details of 1st Prototpe
2021 06 12 Test 4
2021 06 12 Test 4
Acknowledgement
Thank You!
Thrust Analysis
An aerodynamics feature or a measurement error?
Final Tests
The End
Serial-Elastic Compound Gear
Absorbing crash impact and enabling full throttle
Controller
Command = Feedback + Feedforward
Tail Kinematics
A Spatial 2DoF Parallel Manipulator
Counter-Intuitive Stability
Flapping mode and glider mode. Who has a more stable free response?
Circuit
Cannot believe PCB is so cheap
Active Pitch
Hall sensor and shaking servo
First Crash
Stop waiting and start acting
AE405
A multi-disciplinary team.
Wing Structure
Carbon fiber, Veneer, and Monokote®
Fitting and Constraint
Reflection Over Spanning Tree Method
Did I do the most important coupling first?
Foreword: Hobbyist and Professional Designs
Gearbox
Tolerance! Tolerance! Tolerance!
Find the Center
First spend 0.5hr finding the center. Then spend 5 min to turn the shaft down to fitting
Aristotle and Glider
Aristotle: “The kinds of questions we ask are as many as the kinds of things which we know.”
Ornithopter Linkage Synthesis
From cross-discipline requirements to mechanism configuration and linkage sizing