Review Article
Micro- and Nano-Air Vehicles: State of the Art
Table 3
Flying principle comparison focused on ability to miniaturization [
14] (1: bad, 2: medium, 3: good).
| | Fixed | Rotary | Bird | Blimp |
| | Power cost | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | Control cost | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | Payload | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | Maneuverability | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | | DOF | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | | Stationary fly | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | Low-speed fly | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | Vulnerability | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | VTOL | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | Endurance | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | Miniaturization | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | Indoor usage | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| | Total | 20 | 28 | 26 | 26 |
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