Figure 1-1 MAVs with 24 in(left) and 12 zn(right) Wingspan


 Wing morphing on the 12 in MAV is actuated by connecting a strand of Kevlar

to a servo inside the fuselage and then to a location on the wing This initial design

only allowed for morphing at a single location, which was the wing outboard Further

testing led to the consideration of more dramatic morphing The morphing of the wing

was made more dramatic by then adjusting an extra Kevlar strand to the serves This

allows for morphing about the span and the trailing edge at the same time

 The morphing is actuated on the 24 in MAV by use of torque rods which are

connected from the fuselage to the wing outboard These torque rods are connected to

the wings by being sewn along the plastic sheeting of the wing These rods are then

actuated and in turn change the shape of the wings

 Data is then collected with a data acquisition system which provides information

with 3 accelerometers and 3 gyros along an orthogonal coordinate system of the

vehicle This data is then processed to consider the response of the aircraft to the input

commands A linear model approximation is then done using the roll rate and yaw rate

responses The approximation is done using an ARX technique in Matlab using the

responses

 The approximation results in a good correlation of the coefficients when compared

to the data which was collected The linear model for the 24 in MAV can then be

approximated but the model of the 12 in MAV requires further research This is