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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (18): 29842.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2023.29842

• Reviews •    

Research progress of flapping wing aircraft with multimodal motion ability

Jiaxin WANG, Jianlin XUAN(), Xiaojun YANG, Rui ZHENG   

  1. School of Aeronautics,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an 710072,China
  • Received:2023-11-06 Revised:2023-12-04 Accepted:2023-12-18 Online:2024-01-08 Published:2023-12-29
  • Contact: Jianlin XUAN E-mail:xuan@nwpu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Flight organisms typically exhibit distinct motion characteristics in various modes of movement and habitats, such as autonomous takeoff and landing, gliding, and rapid maneuvering. These multimodal locomotion capabilities significantly enhance their adaptability and survival in different environments, offering valuable insights for the current design of flapping-wing aircraft. This paper reviews certain biologically significant multimodal locomotion mechanisms in insects and birds, along with content relevant to the engineering design of flapping-wing aircraft. It provides an overview of the design features of flapping-wing aircraft equipped with multimodal locomotion capabilities and conducts an analysis and summary of the development status and key issues related to relevant technologies. Finally, based on the biological mechanisms of insects and birds and the current state of flapping-wing aircraft development, it elucidates the critical challenges flapping-wing aircraft face in the realm of multimodal design and anticipates the directions requiring focused research in the future.

Key words: multimodal kinematic mechanism, flapping wing vehicles, multimodal design technology, autonomous take-off and landing, flutter-slip combination, fly-climb integration

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