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Offline EHM-1749 Hector

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"First Ever" Human-Powered Ornithopter Flight
« on: September 23, 2010, 06:15:53 pm »
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Offline EHM-2155 Mariano

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Re: "First Ever" Human-Powered Ornithopter Flight
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2010, 10:36:21 pm »
Hahah that's amazing yet ridiculously complicated and impractical. I don't think we'll ever have reliable "bird-like" planes, because it all depends on power and lightness on birds... hollow bones, small bodies, powerful muscles. I don't think we have the muscle power and stamina needed to sustain a machine like that in motion for long.
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Offline EHM-2585 Dan

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Re: "First Ever" Human-Powered Ornithopter Flight
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2010, 08:44:01 am »
I agree, you probably would not go very far in it, but it does look cool with those wings flapping!
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