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Flapping wings - kashuk.jpg (1/1) [43K]
As a result of the recent thread here about a French ornithopter, I picked up
on these pictures of the Manuzkow Kashuk, a sailplane based on the Antonov A-9 glider and tested in the Soviet Union in the mid-1950s. The pictures aren't of great quality but I doubt many people here have seen them before so I thought it worth posting them. Come to that, I doubt many people here have seen an aircraft with flapping wings. Reportedly, the "relative airstream ... lifts the moving wing, thereby compressing air in a cylinder; with the help of this compressed air the wing is returned to its normal position". The tips of the wings moved up and down about 6 feet whilst the frequency with which the wings flapped could be varied. The pilot could also lock the wings down for normal flight. Flight testing was apparently quite successful, initially at least, but I have no idea what the longer-term outcome was. |
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Flapping wings - kashuk.jpg (1/1) [43K]
"Netko" wrote in message
x.com... Flight testing was apparently quite successful, initially at least, but I have no idea what the longer-term outcome was. Trying to get it to **** on parked cars would be my guess. -- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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Flapping wings - kashuk.jpg (1/1) [43K]
Dave Kearton wrote:
"Netko" wrote in message x.com... Flight testing was apparently quite successful, initially at least, but I have no idea what the longer-term outcome was. Trying to get it to **** on parked cars would be my guess. Airline Execs look to the future |
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Flapping wings - kashuk.jpg (1/1) [43K]
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 12:02:08 +0930, "Dave Kearton"
wrote: "Netko" wrote in message ex.com... Flight testing was apparently quite successful, initially at least, but I have no idea what the longer-term outcome was. Trying to get it to **** on parked cars would be my guess. Alas, no one in Glorious People's Paradise can afford parking space, much less car. |
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