Flapping-Wing Micro-Air-Vehicles are complex biologically-inspired systems that engaged scores of researchers and engineers. Yet, despite intensive investigation and analysis, much research is yet to be done on this field due its complexity, non-linearity and non-autonomy. In this work, we intend to determine the periodic orbit of a flapping wing MAV modeled by unsteady aerodynamics utilizing optimized periodic shooting method. The system used is developed by coupling an unsteady aerodynamics finite-state model with flight dynamics. Moreover, the stability of the orbit is assessed using Floquet Theory.
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