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What is this workshop about?
An Ornithopter (from Greek Ornithos "bird" and Petron "wing"), a bio-mimicry of birds, bats and insects, is an aircraft that flies by using the same mechanism as birds: flapping its wings instead of using engines for propulsion like most of the modern day aerodynamic models.
This workshop encompasses all the concepts and principles involved in the aerodynamics of an Ornithopter. The workshop provides a complete learning experience to the participants.
Course Outcomes
- Certification from Ornithopter Zone, USA
- Build and test your own rubber-powered Ornithopter.
- Understand the principles of Flight of a bird.
- Design a mechanism that imitates a Bird
- Competition for Longest Flight
Course Structure and Topics CoveredTheory:
- Basics of Aerodynamics and flapping-wing flight.
- History of Ornithopters.
- Types of flapping-wing aircraft.
- Understanding the mechanisms involved in design of flapping-wing flight.
- Theory behind designing a Radio Controlled Ornithopter.
Practical:
- Design own rubber-powered Ornithopter from scratch.
- Ornithopter Fabrication sessions.
- Test flight /competition session.
Kit Content
- Balsa wood
- Mechanism rods
- Epoxy Glue
- Rubber bands.
- Working Tools*
- Other miscellaneous items
* marked items will be taken back
Participants will be made to work in teams of 2 in the workshop. 1 kit per team will be given during the workshop which is take-home for participants.
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Through our Innovative learning methodology of Learn-Do-Review and hardware kits being shipped to doorstep, learning and building projects through our online project-based courses would never be hard.
