Unpredictability in flight is a common tactic that many insects use to survive against predators. It seems very inefficient on first glance, but indeed, if an insect gets eaten, then efficiency didn’t matter much anyway. Okay, so consider that scenario, lets fast forward to small micro-UAVs used in the modern battlespace in a swarming strategy to attack the enemy.

Who is the enemy you ask? Irrelevant, pick one. It could be the Talaban, Al Qaeda, or Pirates off the Coast of Somalia. Okay, so to all you war-protestors do you mind if I finish my comment now?

Back to my explanation and concept; now let us take this into the contexts of a UAV or flying unit. The propeller or propulsion system moves the vehicle forward. The horizontal stabilizer, whether a canard or conventional tail, is a control surface used to control the aircrafts up or down movements. The dihedral in the wings adds stability in flight.

Okay, now let’s add in a material memory concept; where the wings themselves are flexible to go along with the wing spar inside which moves for propulsion. The spar has two states or shapes; one, when under a slight charge and one that is its normal state. By modulating a small charge it will flap like a bird, which is similar to the muscles that work on a bird’s wings.

We use the weight of the craft coming down to put the wings in one position, and use the friction and collection of electrons from the relative wind over the wings to send the charge to the spar. The charge build up will be based on the relative wind, and collection of electrons, and although it will be designed as close to the BMP for the Reynolds Number as possible, the resultant will be a relatively unpredictable flight path.

In fact, You could have several vehicles flying in a swarm or flock, which were manufactured slightly less or more so they would only randomly hit each other as they flew. Yes, with the same propulsion output they could fly at similar if not exact speeds since the ups and downs would equal out. The flapping of the wings would provide us both propulsion and unpredictability for anyone trying to shoot it down.

Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes in using technology for aviation and using diabetic supplies for diabetes.

Note: All of Lance Winslow’s articles are written by him, not by Automated Software, any Computer Program, or Artificially Intelligent Software. None of his articles are outsourced, PLR Content or written by ghost writers. Lance Winslow believes those who use these strategies lack integrity and mislead the reader. Indeed, those who use such cheating tools, crutches, and tricks of the trade may even be breaking the law by misleading the consumer and misrepresenting themselves in online marketing, which he finds completely unacceptable.

Article Source