The ornithopter, v0.1


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The ornithopter, v0.1

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Absolutely awesome! A must see video. Thanks Ragabash for the link.
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Most impressive!
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That's rather excellent :)
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A tiny ornithopter. Cool. :)
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Lawliet wrote:A tiny ornithopter. Cool. :)
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Yeah, that was awesome.
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And here are some tiny ornithopters:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Robot ... t_999.html
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This is pretty cool too:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/vide ... ture-video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Impressive.

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that's indeed a nice model.
I'm just wondering how shook any passengers would be if hosted inside of the structure ?
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ionah wrote:that's indeed a nice model.
I'm just wondering how shook any passengers would be if hosted inside of the structure ?
I had the same thought. I imagined riding in it would be like going over a little hill in a car at high speed with every flap. However, I did see a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3QrhdfLCO8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; from the back of an eagle that looked pretty smooth.

I hope that is the right video, I can't see you tube at work.
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