Tuesday, September 28, 2010
First Human Powered Ornithopter
Engineers have succeeded in a short sustained flight by an ultra-lightweight human-powered ornithopter. Instead of using a propellor, the machine propels itself by powered undulations of the wing.
Previously on GJ:
Insect Vehicles
Butterfly Flight Mechanics
Ornithopter Zone
YouTube video of machine-powered "UTIAS" ornithopter
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7 comments:
Wow... You're ahead of your time James!
Very cool.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
If Da Vinci could see this! It's amazing and looks so incredibly graceful and fragile.
Great, Beautiful and 10 thumbs up for The University of Toronto
Thank you for sharing the good vibes.
Wow, that thing is amazing. To see it in flight is beautiful and almost unreal. Thanks for sharing!
Stunningly beautiful, makes one appreciate the flight of birds. This thing took a team of brilliant engineers to create, yet birds fly amazing aerobatic maneuvers by instinct. God will always be the supreme designer.
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