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Anyone who lives near deciduous forest knows the joy of Maple seeds, or as we call them when we were kids, helicopters. Their one wing spins seeds, slowing his descent — so why not similarly developed Wing be spun quicker and actually fly up? Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a new platform for UAV, and not really air Nano machine, but still simple and light that does exactly that.
Looking at it, you would never think that the Samarai would fly. But fly he does and this amazingly well. Seems to be getting into the air wasn't the hard part; in the end if you move the wing quickly enough, it will raise, right? On the other hand, learn how to manage the single wing design is not exactly intuitive. Traditional aviation ideas do not apply when spinning the entire craft.
Check out the video:
The design was developed in the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, Lockheed in New Jersey, and the idea is to make the UAV platform that can easily be transported soldiers and deployed just throwing it. The video shows the Samarai makes vertical takeoff and landing, so it sounds like the throw is not even necessary.
Payloads and dimensions are flexible, since obviously the design easy to scale using 3D printing methods. This is not the first project Maple seed: students at the University of Maryland demonstrated this stripped-down and Lockheed have looked for it in 2006 as platform potential nano air vehicle. I think it took them more than they expected.
[via Technabob]
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