A5_1 Exploration of Dune’s Ornithopters

Authors

  • Connor Keany University of Leicester
  • Thomas Graham
  • Felix Kaiser
  • Rhys Newland
  • Kishen Pankhania

Abstract

The 2021 movie Dune utilises ornithopters with a unique eight winged design. In this paper we investigated the requirements needed for such a design to function. It was found that merely hovering would require the wings to beat ∼ 1.78 times a second, while requiring ∼ 183 horsepower each.

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Published

12/15/2022

How to Cite

Keany, C., Graham, T., Kaiser, F., Newland, R., & Pankhania, K. (2022). A5_1 Exploration of Dune’s Ornithopters. Physics Special Topics, 21(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/4178

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2022): Physics Special Topics

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Articles