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US 2002/0173217 A1Published application
Ornithopter
OwnerAndrew Sean Kinkadeinventor
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An ornithopter includes a fuselage, a wing flapping assembly, a tail control assembly, a tail and a pair of wings. The wing flapping assembly and the tail control assembly are each mounted on the fuselage. The tail is operably connected to the tail control assembly and the position thereof controls the direction of flight and the angle of lift. The wing flapping assembly may have a flapping mode and a glide mode and the wing flapping assembly may include a pawl which is engageable with a cam. In the flapping mode the pawl passes the cam and in the glide mode the pawl engages the cam. Each wing may include a generally triangular inner wing portion and a generally triangular outer wing portion. The outer wing portion may have a plurality of spaced apart battens extending between the diagonal stiffening member and the trailing edge.
An ornithopter for use in association with a remote control device comprising:
An ornithopter for use in association with a remote control device comprising:
An ornithopter for use in association with a remote control device comprising:
An ornithopter wing assembly for use in an ornithopter comprising a pair of wings each having a stiffened leading edge, a trailing edge and a fuselage edge, each wing including a generally triangular inner wing portion bounded by the leading edge, the fuselage edge and a diagonal stiffening member and a generally triangular outer wing portion bounded by the leading edge, the trailing edge and the diagonal stiffening member, the outer wing portion having a plurality of spaced apart battens extending between the diagonal stiffening member and the trailing edge.
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