Studies In Ornithopters

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 1, 2003 @01:47AM from the he-is-the-kwisatz-haderach dept.

weileong writes "This should be of especial interest to fans of Frank Herbert's Dune (or maybe only those who preferred House Atreides) - a genuine, flexible, flapping-capable winged aircraft (by which I don't mean passenger-carrying. Yet.) has been produced by the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies and SRI International (Washington Post article, free reg required). Advantages include everything from low speed control to efficiency. Once these things really hit "real world" usage, the V-22 Osprey really HAS no reason to exist (and all the army personnel at risk of dying in one should rejoice)."

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yes but... by jamesh · 2003-09-01 01:55 · Score: 0, Redundant

... if you are going to post an article about cool machines like this, please find some pics for us to drool over!!!
pictures by jez_f · 2003-09-01 01:56 · Score: 0, Redundant

Very intresting idea.
Would love to see pictures or vid of it flying but no links.
Not sure if the general public would like this as a form of mass transit but if they could scale it up so that you could carry one person it could be a very cool way to get around. Much better than a segway.