Design and Improvement of Moment Generation Mechanism for an Insect-like Flapping-wing Vehicle

This paper presents designs and experimental results of moment-generating mechanisms for an insect-like flapping-wing vehicle. The first mechanism was combined with a six-link flapping mechanism, which moves a pair of joints in the flapping mechanism to tilt a trajectory of the flapping wings. The second mechanism was a trailing edge control module designed and manufactured extraneously to the flapping mechanism that tilts the trailing edge shaft to adjust the angle of attack of each wing. This second mechanism produces larger control moments than the first mechanism and can be designed and fabricated independently of the flapping mechanism due to modularization.