DARPA Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program
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Uploaded by DARPAtv on May 31, 2011
In 2005, DARPA announced the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program and its goal to develop agile and flyers system that could fit in one hand. This video chronicles the development of a "hummingbird" flyer by Aerovironment from concept to prototype demonstration and introduction to the public. A number of difficult design and engineering challenges were overcome in the course of the program, particularly in the wing structure, propulsion and control actuators. Numerous complete prototypes were built and tested to assess and improve the performance of the systems shown in the video. The final prototype achieves the noteworthy milestone of 2-wing flapping hovering and fast forward flight with all power sources on the aircraft and all controls implemented through modulation of the wing strokes in a shape that resembles a real hummingbird and carries and on-board camera that relays video to the pilot in real time. For more information, please visit http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/DSO/Programs/Nano_Air_Vehicle_(NAV).aspx
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Another breakthrough! Quite impressive!
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WOW
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pretty impressive
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so that's how a colibri got in romania
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@tylerdurden666able I bet that's true
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@blogbat the chinese have better things to do then to copy old technology
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Where can I buy one!
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You should change the material into a soft semi-permeable fabric. The sound is a giveaway.
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fly, NAVi, fly! the fate of the forest, nay, the WORLD, depends upon thee!
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@SrYanocano001 It obviously still need more improvement and research, but the breakthrough here is the flapping mechanism is down.
Also, that's if you hear it, if you don't hear it or notice it, then you can't recognise it.
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Dream it, build it, show it to the world so the Chinese can steal it...
blogbat 8 months ago 64
Looks like a manhack
Abanamat85 8 months ago 6