What are Some Possible Applications of Micro Air Vehicles?

Micro-aircraft is considered an important reconnaissance and attack weapon on the battlefield in the future, and can perform a valuable mission at an acceptable cost.

Micro Air Vehicle

Micro-aircraft is considered an important reconnaissance and attack weapon on the battlefield in the future, and can perform a valuable mission at an acceptable cost.

Chinese name

Micro Air Vehicle

Foreign name

MAV (Micro Aerial Vehicle)

Title

Important reconnaissance and attack weapons on the future battlefield

Brief introduction

Must be able to transmit live images

Use

Military reconnaissance

Such an aircraft must be able to transmit real-time images or perform other functions, with a sufficiently small size (less than 20 cm), sufficient cruising range (such as not less than 5 kilometers), and flight time (not less than 15 minutes).

Miniature aircraft have attracted much attention because of their special applications. An important application is military reconnaissance,

Micro-aircraft is different from aircraft in the traditional concept. It is the product of MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) integration technology. Miniature horizons, microaltimeters in the attitude control system of the micro-aircraft, micro-magnetic field sensors and micro-accelerometers, micro-gyros in the navigation system, micro-airspeed meters, micro-rudders, etc. in the micro-aircraft The micro-cameras and micro-communication systems used in the above applications need the support of MEMS technology to reduce the volume and weight and improve the performance of the aircraft. The power of micro-aircraft-micro-engines also need to be manufactured using MEMS technology. Therefore, in addition to the fuselage and wings, micro-aircrafts rely on MEMS technology. Even the wings can also use MEMS technology to make smart skins to control the aircraft. Flying gesture.

Micro-aircraft is also called MAV (Micro Air Vehicle). There are three main MAVs being studied. One is a fixed-wing model like an airplane, the second is a flapping-wing model like insects and birds, and the third is A rotor model like a helicopter. micro-

The type of aircraft flies at a low Reynolds number like birds and insects, so research on birds and insects can greatly help micro-aircraft.