Short presentation of the MAV.

A four flapped wings model with high quality flying.

All wood and mylar build.

The wings are powered by a motor that weighs 2 grams producing a power output of about 1W. It is in fact a motor that is used in mobile telephones. This motor feeds into a gearbox that reduces the rotational velocity of the engine. From the gearbox a z-shaped axis rotates at the reduced rotational velocity.

‘On’ this axis, at two different locations (related to the phase of the wings) two ‘conrods’ are placed that are themselves connected to the wing spars which provides the flapping motion.

Riding at the very front of the Delfly is a micro colour camera of about 1 gram that is capable of real-time streaming of images back to the ‘ground’. In order to get rid of noise on the video signal one connects the transmitter, camera and motor to three separate batteries. The motor and transmitter are fed by 140 mAh and 90 mAh lithium polymer batteries. The camera is fed by another 90 mAh battery as well as another unidentifiable power source (Dutch national security concerns). This configuration not only minimises noises but also increases the flight endurance to at least 16 minutes.

Motor and gear equipment are Didel Products.

Magnet actuators came from Bob Selman Design.

Receiver is a lightweigt one from Plantraco.