Morgans wrote:
"patrick timony"...
I think flexible winged craft could be safer. A really flexible and
evenly-tapered wing, gradated from high to low density toward the
core, would bend to allow its force to be spread over a large enough
area to keep the force constant. A wing suit with both arm and leg
wings would enable a person to "run" through the air, except that the
motion would be closer to doggy paddling.

Kid, get your HEAD OUT OF THE CLOWDS. Man does not have enough strength to
support or directly control flight loads. If he did, someone else would
have done it by now.

This is a sophisticated group, with much knowledge and experience on making
flying machines, and man's muscles are used via mechanical advantage only,
to direct flight, not support or sustain it.

Yea, and man doesn't have enough muscle to lift a thousand pounds of
dirt in one load, which is why he invented the backhoe.

You could make a man-powered suit with power assist, ala power steering,
power brakes, or any other number of analogies. It just takes smaller
power sources and actuators, and we're moving in that direction. Keep
the dream alive.

Here's a sort of rigid/flexible concept that works now.
http://www.freewing.com/

Mike "never say never" Y.