Designing and building a mechanically driven ornithopter using passive wing deformation and lightweight sheet materials, and investigating wing curvature, mass distribution, and center-of-gravity placement to achieve stable flapping flight. The system explores efficient lift generation through purely mechanical motion without active control or electronics.

Designing and building morphing airfoils and propeller blades that use passive structural deformation to improve low-Reynolds-number performance. Fabricating composite geometries and testing lift, stall behavior, thrust stability, and vibration through controlled wind-tunnel and rig experiments. The system explores how material elasticity and aerodynamic shaping can enhance efficiency and delay stall without active control or electronics.