Articulated wing ornithopter

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1977-08-19

1979-02-13

Barefoot, Galen L.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft, heavier-than-air

Beating wing sustained

B64C 3300

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041391713

ABSTRACT:
An ornithopter which produces a large swept volume of the wings and essentially constant lift and includes a first and a second outer wing segment joined by an aerodynamically significant center wing segment having pivotal connections at the ends to the first and second outer wing segments, a driving mechanism for translating the center wing segment vertically with respect to the body of the ornithopter and links pivotally connected to the outer wing segments and to the body to cause the outer wing segments to rotate relative to the center wing segment as the center wing segment translates.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1622629 (1927-03-01), Ehrlich
patent: 1835630 (1931-12-01), Bawlus
patent: 2820601 (1958-01-01), Crawford
patent: 3307358 (1967-03-01), Kerandraon

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