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Another Ornithopter Takes Off

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-way-to-not-travel dept.

mnmn writes "Ornithopters have been around for a while, but a professor at the Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies has made progress with his. It flew for 14 seconds and covered a third of a kilometer. However it landed with a bit of a crash. Interestingly it uses a glow jet turbine from RC aircraft."

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  1. At last by Centurix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone flapping about something worthwhile!

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  2. Can't wait!!! by rangeva · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cool!!! Can't wait for those charter flights to America on Boing Ornithopters... I wonder what kind of drinks they offer...

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    1. Re:Can't wait!!! by Mindwarp · · Score: 5, Funny

      I wonder what kind of drinks they offer...

      Shakes.

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    2. Re:Can't wait!!! by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's muthafuckin' shakes on a plane.

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  3. I dunno... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    These things really didn't help Paul.

  4. The Spice Must Flow by ThreeE · · Score: 1, Funny

    sniff... sniff...

  5. Orhithoserver ? by alexhs · · Score: 2, Funny

    It flew for 14 seconds [...] However it landed with a bit of a crash

    Is that their server being slashhunted that they're talking about ?

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  6. Re:Hey editors, you got it right for once... by RMB2 · · Score: 5, Funny
    A slashdot article that is
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    5) Not about SCO, Apple, Google or Mr. Bill
    Ironically enough, I'm not entirely sure you read TFA, because they clearly mention "a remote-controlled ornithopter, which they called Mr. Bill"

    Huh, well 4 outta 5 ain't bad
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  7. Glow fuel, glow fuel or maybe glow fuel by beaverfever · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are three posts describing what glow fuel is, they are all somewhat different, and they are all modded to 4 or 5 points as either informative or insightful. Who is the winner?

    And is this post funny, insighful, informative, or is it just off topic?

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