page_title: DelFly
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caption_attribution_description: English: The DelFly Micro ia a 10 cm wing span 3.07 grams flapping wing MAV equipped with a camera. It was first built in 2008.
context_page_description: The DelFly is a fully controllable camera-equipped flapping wing Micro Air Vehicle or Ornithopter developed at the Micro Air Vehicle Lab of the Delft University of Technology in collaboration with Wageningen University.
  The DelFly project focuses on fully functioning systems and follows a top-down approach toward ever smaller and more autonomous flapping wing MAVs.
  The DelFly Micro with its 10 cm wing span and 3.07 grams is the smallest free flying controllable flapping
  wing MAV equipped with a camera and video transmitter. Smaller flapping wing MAVs exist, but then without an onboard camera. In particular, a hobbyist from Albany NY, built a flapping
  wing MAV of 920 mg and just 60mm wing span, which is the world's smallest free flying flapper till date.
  The 28 centimeter 16 gram DelFly II was capable of vertical take-off and landing and demonstrated simplified forms of autonomous flight, mainly using off-board processing.
  The DelFly Explorer measures 28 centimeter while weighing 20 grams and is equipped with a miniature stereo vision system for autonomous flight in buildings.
  The DelFly Nimble is a very agile, tailless flapping wing MAV.
context_section_description: The DelFly is a fully controllable camera-equipped flapping wing Micro Air Vehicle or Ornithopter developed at the Micro Air Vehicle Lab of the Delft University of Technology in collaboration with Wageningen University.
  The DelFly project focuses on fully functioning systems and follows a top-down approach toward ever smaller and more autonomous flapping wing MAVs.
  The DelFly Micro with its 10 cm wing span and 3.07 grams is the smallest free flying controllable flapping 
  wing MAV equipped with a camera and video transmitter. Smaller flapping wing MAVs exist, but then without an onboard camera. In particular, a hobbyist from Albany NY, built a flapping 
  wing MAV of 920 mg and just 60mm wing span, which is the world's smallest free flying flapper till date.
  The 28 centimeter 16 gram DelFly II was capable of vertical take-off and landing and demonstrated simplified forms of autonomous flight, mainly using off-board processing.
  The DelFly Explorer measures 28 centimeter while weighing 20 grams and is equipped with a miniature stereo vision system for autonomous flight in buildings.
  The DelFly Nimble is a very agile, tailless flapping wing MAV. It steers by modifying the motions of its wings, which allows it to perform high-speed maneuvers such as 360-degree flips. One of its uses is in studying insect flight; mimicking the extremely fast escape maneuvers of fruit flies revealed a new aerodynamic mechanism that helps to make rapid banked turns. The startup company Flapper Drones is developing a commercial version of the DelFly Nimble for applications within the entertainment sector (drone shows, festivals, theme parks).
caption: DelFly Micro, a 3.07 gram camera equipped flapping wing MAV
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