The Ornicopter is a single rotor helicopter without a reaction torque. By forcing the blades of the Ornicopter to flap up and down, both a lifting force and an average propulsive force can be generated. Because of this average propulsive force the blades will propel (i.e. rotate) themselves and there will no longer be a need to transfer torque from the fuselage to the rotor. If there is no longer a torque transferred from the fuselage to the rotor there will neither be a reaction torque.This paper will present the development and design of a radio-controlled scale model of the Ornicopter that will function as a demonstrator model.


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    Title :

    Development of a Radio-Controlled Ornicopter: a Single Rotor Helicopter Without Reaction Torque


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition ; 2005



    Publication date :

    2005-10-03




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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