TY - JOUR N2 - This paper is an overview of the application potential and design challenges of micro air vehicles (MAVs), defined as small enough to be practical for a single-person transport and use. Four types of MAVs are considered: 1) fixed-wing, 2) rotarywing, 3) ornithopters (bird-like flapping) and 4) entomopters (insect-like flapping). In particular, advantages of a propeller-driven delta wing configuration for type 1 are discussed. Some detail is also given for type 4, the least understood of the four, including a new concept of manoeuvre control for such MAVs. The paper concludes with a brief prognostic of the future of each MAV type. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111183/PDF-MASTER/(55-1)91.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111183 PY - 2007 IS - No 1 EP - 98 KW - micro air vehicles KW - fixed-wing KW - rotary wing KW - ornithopter KW - entomopter A1 - Galiński, C. A1 - Żbikowski, R. VL - vol. 55 DA - 2007 T1 - Some problems of micro air vehicles development SP - 91 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111183 T2 - Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences ER -