Table 9: Comparison of the average Lift and Thrust of rigid and flexible ornithopter wing using heuristic model due to phase-shift between pitching and flapping motion.
Rigid Wing | Flexible Wing (5%) | |||
Phase | Average lift (N) | Average thrust (N) | Average Lift (N) | Average Thrust (N) |
0 | 0.0662 | 0.1110 | 0.0498 | 0.1272 |
0.25π | 0.1877 | 0.1571 | 0.1823 | 0.1748 |
0.5π | 0.2289 | 0.2063 | 0.2240 | 0.2238 |
0.75π | 0.1619 | 0.2263 | 0.1540 | 0.2514 |
π | 0.0056 | 0.1991 | -0.0148 | 0.2212 |
1.25π | -0.0987 | 0.1274 | -0.1288 | 0.1399 |
1.5π | -0.1111 | 0.0700 | -0.1402 | 0.0775 |
1.75π | -0.0482 | 0.0708 | -0.0723 | 0.0808 |
2π | 0.0665 | 0.1111 | 0.0502 | 0.1273 |