Transform into a Butterfly
Kids' Zone · Interactive
- DimensionsSubject to on-site plan
- PresentationInteractive
- PricingQuoted by manufacture spec
Transform into a Butterfly is a hands-on, mechanical & electromechanical interactive exhibit manufactured by Hefei Panda for science centers, children’s museums, discovery centers, STEM learning centers and family entertainment centers. Engineered for durable, robust, low-maintenance, high-traffic gallery installation, it turns abstract scientific concepts into direct, interactive visitor exploration. Hefei Panda is a global exhibit manufacturer exporting hands-on science displays to 50+ countries, with in-house engineering, fabrication, installation and commissioning.
Exhibit Summary
Transform into a Butterfly is a Interactive interactive exhibit in the Kids' Zone category, designed for science centers, children’s museums, discovery centers, STEM learning centers and family entertainment centers. Built as a hands-on, mechanical & electromechanical display, it turns an abstract scientific concept into direct, interactive visitor exploration, and is engineered for durable, low-maintenance, high-traffic gallery use.
Scientific Principle
By simulating butterfly flight interaction, the exhibition allows the audience to feel the butterfly's flight movements, grasp the scenes seen during the butterfly's flight, and cultivate their natural cognitive intelligence.
Operation
The display is designed as an overall insect wing simulation unit, and uses the wing simulation unit, lifting platform, lawn scene, and projector to create an independent hands-on experience scene. The audience lies on the vibrating platform, controls the handle, controls the flight of the butterfly in the picture, and feels how the butterfly flies; watch the projected picture in front and grasp what the butterfly sees when it flies. Butterfly flight uses micro-scale air vortices or small-scale unstable airflow, which is completely different from the flight concept of large birds. Study the aerodynamic properties of a butterfly in forward flight. The Navier-Stokes equation is numerically solved on the motion overlay grid, and the flapping motion of the left and right wings of the butterfly when flying forward and the pitching motion following the body are calculated. The results show that butterflies mainly use the "resistance concept" for flapping flight, that is, the lifting force to balance the body weight and the thrust to overcome the body resistance are mainly provided by the resistance of the wings. Butterfly wings produce a large transient resistance (a force parallel to the flapping motion) during the downbeat. Analysis of the flow structure reveals that the assembly that generates this force is as follows: Each downbeat generates a strong "vortex ring" composed of the leading edge vortex, the wing tip vortex and the starting vortex, which contains a jet along the flapping direction. The reaction force generated by this jet is the resistance of the wing. The lifting force to balance the weight of the body is mainly provided by the drag force generated in the downbeat of the wings. During the upstroke (due to the upward tilt of the body, the upstroke is actually flapping backward and upward), the wings also produce resistance, but it is much smaller than during the downstroke. The thrust that balances the body's drag is provided primarily by the drag generated in the upbeat of the wings.
Export-Ready Features
- Durable, robust construction for high-traffic gallery environments
- Low-maintenance electromechanical design with reliable, safe components
- Custom sizing, theming & multilingual labeling available
- OEM & turnkey exhibit solutions with full project management
- Overseas shipping, export documentation & on-site installation supported
- Shipped to science centers and museums in 50+ countries