Table 11: Average lift for quad-wing ornithopter for each pitching and flapping kinematic articulation.
Lift | Flap (Hindwing) | ||||
Flap (Forewing) | Cosine | Negative cosine | Sine | Negative sine | |
Cosine | 0.1193 | 0.0828 | 0.2719 | -0.0376 | |
Negative cosine | 0.0979 | 0.0605 | 0.2513 | -0.0640 | |
Sine | 0.2587 | 0.2238 | 0.4045 | 0.1014 | |
Negative sine | -0.0138 | -0.0536 | 0.1452 | -0.1762 |