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First Human Powered Ornithopter
"Alan Baker" wrote in message ... In article , Tom De Moor wrote: Alan, thanks for the links provided. This craft's claimn is to have maintained altitude and airspeed for 19.3 seconds, as the videos show, and that is certianly a notable step. Auto-tow for them versus a rail and falling weight for the Wrights, fairenough. Good baby-steps, and nothing at all to be discounted. This is not a finished projec is it? I think that the "Figure eight around two pylons one-half mile apart, starting and finishing at 3 meters altitude" that the Gossamer Condor did for the Kremer prize they won in 1977 would be a good measure of flight, and it will take a lot of engineering and experimentation to achieve that for an ornithopter , as it did for the Gossamer bunch. What a goal ! But I'll bet some ingenious soul is already working at that. Flash |
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