Volume 009 · Flight
Bats
Morphing Membrane-Wing Aircraft
Bats are the only mammals capable of true powered flight, and they fly in a way quite different from birds. A bird's wing is made mainly of feathers attached to a stiff arm. A bat's wing is a living membrane of skin stretched between greatly elongated finger bones, the arm and the body. The bat can bend each finger, change the tension in the membrane, and reshape the whole wing during every stroke.
- Price
- $6.99
- Format
- eBook (PDF)
- Length
- 31 pages
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- WealthSphere Labs
- Language
- English
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Inside this volume
- Introduction: A Wing Made of Hands and Skin
- How Bats Fly
- Anatomy of the Bat Wing
- Membrane Wing Aerodynamics
- History of Membrane and Bat-Inspired Aircraft
- Translating Bat Wings Into Engineering
- Materials and Structures
- Control of Membrane and Morphing Wings
- Ten Bat-Inspired Design Concepts
- Testing Membrane Wings
- Failure Modes and Limitations
- Approval, Intellectual Property and Market
- Design Workbook
- Case Study — A Membrane-Wing Bridge Inspection Drone
Plus appendices of formulas and rules of thumb, common reader questions, a glossary and further reading.
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Educational guide. The invention concepts are design ideas for study, not tested or certified products.