World’s Smallest Cyclocopter (Texas A&M University)

The world’s smallest cycloidal-based rotorcraft, or cyclocopter, has been recently designed, built and test flown successfully at Texas A&M University, Advanced Vertical Flight Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Moble Benedict, with graduate students Carl Runco and David Coleman. Weighing only 29 grams, it utilizes the latest advances in microelectronics technology and carbon fiber composite construction, as well as extensive experimental data for design and optimization. The cyclorotor, unlike traditi