Hello! Sorry for the late reply, but ornithopters are some of my favorite things to make. There are two main ways to make it move. If the wings just flap with no angle of attack, it does not produce trust at a standstill, but can go at surprising speeds if it is gotten moving by another method. Look at my Dragonfly 6 for that type. If you use angle of attack, it produces thrust at zero airspeed, allowing for even a hover. My hummingbird (and a design I am currently working on) use this method. You can get the rotators and snag them off my designs, just give credit!
I've seen them use pistons or rotators. There was a bit of a craze for it a few years back and a handful of really good ones were posted. Use the search tool and I'm sure you'll dig some up. The only problem is some worked using glitches that may be fixed now.
I messed around trying to build one that would flap every time I hit the brake button, but I'm no good at that stuff.
Wow, okay, thanks!@CallsignArtemis
Hello! Sorry for the late reply, but ornithopters are some of my favorite things to make. There are two main ways to make it move. If the wings just flap with no angle of attack, it does not produce trust at a standstill, but can go at surprising speeds if it is gotten moving by another method. Look at my Dragonfly 6 for that type. If you use angle of attack, it produces thrust at zero airspeed, allowing for even a hover. My hummingbird (and a design I am currently working on) use this method. You can get the rotators and snag them off my designs, just give credit!
Okay. @F104Deathtrap
@Kfineran I assume the angle of attack has to change, but like I said I'm no expert
The problem is getting the wings back up without affecting the ornithopter.@F104Deathtrap
Okay, there is a really good one somebody made called orni8 1 when saved.
I've seen them use pistons or rotators. There was a bit of a craze for it a few years back and a handful of really good ones were posted. Use the search tool and I'm sure you'll dig some up. The only problem is some worked using glitches that may be fixed now.
I messed around trying to build one that would flap every time I hit the brake button, but I'm no good at that stuff.
use pistons to flap the wings, I may help you more if you need to