Can Scalable Design of Wings for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle Be Inspired by Natural Flyers?

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Principal steps of wing production and certain selected wings. (a)–(b): (1) mylar foil is taped on top of a printed template with desired wing geometry. (2) The contours of future wing sleeves are cut out. (3) Strips of Teflon are placed at the position of wing bars and fixed. Glue (Pattex contact glue diluted 1:1 with acetone) is applied, and the sleeves are completed by folding the foil around the Teflon strips. (4) Glue is applied at the position of stiffeners and the stiffeners are glued. (5) The rest of the wing is cut out, and the Teflon strips are removed. (c) Wing geometry: wing tip chord and wing root chord. (d) Certain selected wings [20].

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