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TonyW wrote:

On 10/11/2010 1:17 PM, Alan Baker wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTIAS_Ornithopter_No.1

http://ornithopter.net/images/fullscale640-hq.mpg

The ornithopter you claim has a jet engine or propellor moving away from
a standing start.

Where's the jet or propellor?

First read the article and then look closely at the pix. The article
mentions it and it's clearly visible in the pix if you're looking for
it. Also 300 meters isn't much of a flight. If it had flown a loop
around the field, it would be more believable...

The "article" is a page on Wikipedia that anyone can edit.

The first flight of the Wright Flyer was only 36 meters and was only
accomplished by taking off with gravity assist.

Deslaurier's craft took off from a level runway.


As it has been mentioned before, you're acting as if you have a personal
stake in this and it seems more and more like that every time you post...

LOL

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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