The main objective of this project is to develop a numerical tool using MATLAB that calculates a set of initial conditions and wing kinematic parameters that result in a trimmed flight for a given flapping wing MAV model. The project adapts the unsteady panel method developed by [4] to obtain the aerodynamic forces of the wings, and the dynamic model developed by [25], to integrate these forces and obtain the movement of the model with time.
The tool is meant to be used at the first stages of the design of a given MAV, in order to check the general effects of a selected geometry and the impact that some parameters may have on the performance. A second requirement is to obtain a tool that is able to perform such a high number of analyses without a high computation time/cost, but being as rigorous as possible.Ingeniería Aeroespacia
