The ornithopter is inspired by the herring gull and developed in collaboration with Festo AG. An extremely lightweight assembly with intelligent electronics made it possible for the radio controlled Smart Bird to fly like a real bird – simply by flapping it’s wings.
Manufactured from carbon fiber, fiberglass and closed cell polystyrene the SmartBird is an ultra lightweight model weighing around 450 grams (16 oz).
With a wingspan of 2.2 meters (6 ft), the distinctive feature is its active wing torsion. In combination with a special wing profile an unprecedented aerodynamic efficiency factor of over 80% is achieved with a highly efficient power consumption of just 23 watts during flight..
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