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    The document discusses the design of an ornithopter, a machine that flies by flapping wings like a bird. It describes how the ornithopter uses a flapping mechanism driven by a motor to convert rotary motion into reciprocating wing flaps. The mechanism must be lightweight, simple, and provide symmetrical flapping to allow the ornithopter to fly straight, while asymmetric flapping could cause it to turn. It then outlines some common flapping mechanisms, including a staggered crank design, and lists components of the bird flapping machine like gears, motor, connecting rods and shafts installed on a frame.

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    The document discusses the design of an ornithopter, a machine that flies by flapping wings like a bird. It describes how the ornithopter uses a flapping mechanism driven by a motor to convert rotary motion into reciprocating wing flaps. The mechanism must be lightweight, simple, and provide symmetrical flapping to allow the ornithopter to fly straight, while asymmetric flapping could cause it to turn. It then outlines some common flapping mechanisms, including a staggered crank design, and lists components of the bird flapping machine like gears, motor, connecting rods and shafts installed on a frame.

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    Bird Flapping

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    manindhar
    The document discusses the design of an ornithopter, a machine that flies by flapping wings like a bird. It describes how the ornithopter uses a flapping mechanism driven by a motor to convert rotary motion into reciprocating wing flaps. The mechanism must be lightweight, simple, and provide symmetrical flapping to allow the ornithopter to fly straight, while asymmetric flapping could cause it to turn. It then outlines some common flapping mechanisms, including a staggered crank design, and lists components of the bird flapping machine like gears, motor, connecting rods and shafts installed on a frame.

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    Bird Flapping

    a fairly symmetrical wing motion so the ornithopter flies straight.


    The
    . The asymmetric flapping lowers the efficiency and makes the
    ornithopter want to turn to one side. There are several ways to improve
    the

    The purpose of the flapping mechanism is to convert the rotary motion


    of the motor into the reciprocating motion of flapping wings. There are
    many ways to do this, and we will describe only some of the more
    common ones here. The mechanism must be lightweight and fairly
    simple. Yet it must also provide symmetry:
    1. Staggered Crank
    The bird Flapping Machine, is based on dual cranks mechanism. It

    Components include:
     Gears
     DC Motor
     Connecting Rods
     Shafts
    The Frame includes an arrangement for installing a rod as well.

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