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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. Re:Can't wait!!! by praedictus · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I wonder what kind of drinks they offer... Shakes. And on British Airways, vodka martinis, shaken, not stirred.

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