A vehicle with wings and a mechanism for causing a flapping motion in
wings. Each wing structure comprises a wing and a wing spar coupled to a
follower via a resilient member. Each wing carrier is pivotally connected
to the body and is configured to restrain lateral movement and permit
rotation of the wing spar about a feathering axis. A biasing member
provides torsional bias to each wing spar. A linkage, driven by an
actuator, transmits cyclic motion that rotates the wing carrier about a
flapping axis, which moves the follower along a follower path. A guide
attached to the vehicle body lies in the path of each follower, and the
follower and guide are shaped such that each wing spar has a first
rotational position about its axis along a first portion of the follower
path and a second rotational position along a second portion of the
follower path.