Re: Have you ever seen/made such a flying handcraft?

[Larry Dighera]

On 7 Aug 2004 01:16:13 -0700, (Qingpei Hu) wrote
in >::

> Have you seen any craft that could fly by flapping his wings?
>especially one with light, and tiny body, like paper...
>
> I am consiering whether I could make one by myself...Any suggestions
>would be welcome!


This is by no means an exhaustive list:

http://www.raidentech.com/3rarecorcepo.html
http://www.funforalltoys.com/products/just_for_fun_4/tim_bird/tim_bird.html
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/mfnickols/bat.htm
http://www.ornithopter.org/toporov/toporov.html
http://www.nurseminerva.co.uk/adapt/flapping1.htm
http://www.nurseminerva.co.uk/adapt/flap1.htm
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_flapper_011205-1.html
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/%7Edommelen/courses/eml5935/00/topics/11_28/sld001.htm
http://www.chez.com/truefly/Images/ctrflya2.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=+flying+bat+ornithopter++&hl=en&lr=&safe=off

[Paul Sengupta]

"Qingpei Hu" > wrote in message
m...
> I am thinking on what the rubber powered one looks like...
> Is it small? gentle? or lovely even.
>
> really wanna know these.

There was one shown on a programme on TV here in the
UK yesterday. Can't remember exactly, but I think it was
on Channel 5, and it was about UAVs. (Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles).

It was about 6" long with fluttering wings fore and aft which
twisted in opposite directions...all made out of some very
thin plastic/paper covered balsa wood by the look of it.

Paul

[Paul Sengupta]

"Paul Sengupta" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Qingpei Hu" > wrote in message
> m...
> > I am thinking on what the rubber powered one looks like...
> > Is it small? gentle? or lovely even.
> >
> > really wanna know these.
>
> There was one shown on a programme on TV here in the
> UK yesterday. Can't remember exactly, but I think it was
> on Channel 5, and it was about UAVs. (Unmanned
> Aerial Vehicles).
>
> It was about 6" long with fluttering wings fore and aft which
> twisted in opposite directions...all made out of some very
> thin plastic/paper covered balsa wood by the look of it.

http://modena.intergate.ca/business/flyables/frntroom/flutterby.htm
http://www.ornithopter-pilot.com/BittenByADragonfly.PDF
http://homepage1.nifty.com/akatombo/e-product.html

Paul