Ornithopter Demo

Ornithopters are aircraft that fly by flapping their wings. Engineers seek to imitate the flapping of birds and insects, like hummingbirds or dragonflies.

This vehicle partially replicates those flight mechanics, but lacks VTOL capabilities at its current stage of development.

No trickery is involved here. No jets, rockets, or thrusters are used to propel this vehicle. Solely the movement of the blades propell it forward

It flies similar to a conventional fixed wing aircraft in the sense that it can glide at low engine power. The engine is controlled by throttle. Enable autopilot lock heading and ensure physics frequency updating is set to high in options. Be advised though, it is quite slow to takeoff, but once in the air it controls well.

Not exactly sure how this vehicle works aerodynamically, but the throttle controls a code that sets the travel angle of blades. The higher that throttle, the higher the angle that the blades flap at. The system flaps at a constant frenquency. This constant frenquency seems to reduce the oscillation of the overall craft. Autopilot also help dampen what oscillation is left.