Ornitopter (Yunanca ornithos “quş” və pteron “qanad”) — qanad çırparaq uçan təyyarələrə deyilir. Yarasalar, böcəklər və quşlardan nümunə götürülərək yaradılmışdır. Fərqli ölçülərdə dizaynları olmasına baxmayaraq, ümumiyyətlə eyni miqyasda yaradılırlar.
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- Azuma, Akira (2006). "The Biokinetics of Flying and Swimming". Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2nd Edition. ISBN 1-56347-781-5.
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