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Manned Ornithopter Flight Already DoneAccording to this article, manned ornithopter flight had been achieved in 1942 by Adalbert Schmid. Like the ornithopter in the article, it was a manned, engine-powered ornithopter that could take off under its own power. The difference, it seems, is that Schmid's orni' had fixed wings in addition to the flappers whereas the one that flew today had only the flapping wings. Not to discredit or lessen their excellent achievement today, just think the history is interesting.
Incidentally, you can buy some pretty neat ornithopter kits from www.ornithopter.org. I'm not affiliated or anything, just interested in flapping-wing flight and experimenting on a small scale.
The development of flapping wing flight is interesting because it can also have other applications. I am especially interested in the use of 'flapper' designs in water craft (specifically for use in robotics). An interesting use of similar tech can be seen in these kayaks. Intersting stuff.
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Manned Ornithopter Flight Already DoneAccording to this article, manned ornithopter flight had been achieved in 1942 by Adalbert Schmid. Like the ornithopter in the article, it was a manned, engine-powered ornithopter that could take off under its own power. The difference, it seems, is that Schmid's orni' had fixed wings in addition to the flappers whereas the one that flew today had only the flapping wings. Not to discredit or lessen their excellent achievement today, just think the history is interesting.
Incidentally, you can buy some pretty neat ornithopter kits from www.ornithopter.org. I'm not affiliated or anything, just interested in flapping-wing flight and experimenting on a small scale.
The development of flapping wing flight is interesting because it can also have other applications. I am especially interested in the use of 'flapper' designs in water craft (specifically for use in robotics). An interesting use of similar tech can be seen in these kayaks. Intersting stuff.
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Re:Dune
Already done. You can even build your own.
http://www.ornithopter.org/ -
some pictures of ornithopters
http://www.ornithopter.org/electric.shtml
These go back to the 1940s and 1950s. Though I'm not sure how old the theory to explain them is.. But I do know that computer simulations in the 1990s were modeling moth and bumble bee flight, and also biologists had slow motion photography of bumble bee flight in the same time period that verified the computer models.... I know because I saw it on Scientific American Frontiers! -
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Re:flying in the vacum
You mean something like this ?
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Re:No pictures??
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