Gear for a flapping wing aircraft

A gear for a flapping wing aircraft, comprising a gearwheel support, on which a gearwheel is rotatably mounted about a gearwheel axis, further comprising a crankshaft, which is non-rotatably connected to the gearwheel and which has a central section extending coaxially with the gearwheel axis and which has end regions, wherein the central section passes through the gearwheel and wherein the end regions delimit an angle between 0 degrees and 90 degrees with the central section, wherein each of the end regions is inserted into a guide slot of an associated joint part which is mounted on a joint support connected to the gearwheel support so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, and wherein each of the joint supports is mounted on the gearwheel support so as to be pivotable about a respective support axis, wherein the joint supports are connected to a coupling strut, wherein an actuator for providing an actuating movement is arranged on the gearwheel support and is coupled to the coupling strut.