This page is a repository for posts regarding analytical models of ornithopter flight. These posts were originally made on rcgroups.com and this page is meant to organize them in chronological order.

  1. Very simple math model

  2. Energy and oscillating mass

  3. Elastic actuators - motors and springs

  4. Control via dihedral offset: Pitch-flap coupling

  5. Oscillating wing as 2nd order damped system

  6. Maximum motor efficiency: Idealized case

  7. A simple model to determine servo speed and torque

  8. Measured oscillations - Updated Servo controller code - servoMotor Library

  9. Analysis of the effects of wing elasticity - Part 1

  10. Analysis of the effects of wing elasticity - Part 2

  11. Analysis of passive wing twist - effect of mass on thrust generation

  12. Simple mechanism for active twist - part 1

  13. Simple mechanism for active twist - part 2

  14. Quasi-Steady flight model for motor-powered ornithopters - Part 1

  15. Quasi-Steady flight model for motor-powered ornithopters - Part 2