First Human Powered Ornithopter

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Karl

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LOL!

That's funny.

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Karl

Not the first, it was done 30 years ago, Google Gossamer Albatross.

Tony

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Karl

Not the first, it was done 30 years ago, Google Gossamer Albatross.

Tony

Ummm... ...no.

The Kremer prize for the first human powered *flight* was won by the
Gossamer *Condor* in 1977. The Gossamer Albatross won the prize for
human powered flight between France and England on June 12, 1979.

But neither of them was a human powered *ornithopter*: an aircraft that
works by flapping its wings.

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Not the first, it was done 30 years ago, Google Gossamer Albatross.

GA was prop-driven, not an ornithopter (thrust from wing flapping).

This one doesn't seem to have enough power to take off on its own, but enough to
barely maintain level flight.

Mildly creepy looking under weigh; looks like a sailplane with severe
low-frequency flutter.

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Karl
Not the first, it was done 30 years ago, Google Gossamer Albatross.

GA was prop-driven, not an ornithopter (thrust from wing flapping).

This one doesn't seem to have enough power to take off on its own, but enough to
barely maintain level flight.

Mildly creepy looking under weigh; looks like a sailplane with severe
low-frequency flutter.


This one was not an ornithopter either...
It just LOOKS like one...

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Karl
Not the first, it was done 30 years ago, Google Gossamer Albatross.

GA was prop-driven, not an ornithopter (thrust from wing flapping).

This one doesn't seem to have enough power to take off on its own, but
enough to
barely maintain level flight.

Mildly creepy looking under weigh; looks like a sailplane with severe
low-frequency flutter.


This one was not an ornithopter either...
It just LOOKS like one...

How do you conclude that?

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg

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TonyW wrote:

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Karl
Not the first, it was done 30 years ago, Google Gossamer Albatross.

GA was prop-driven, not an ornithopter (thrust from wing flapping).

This one doesn't seem to have enough power to take off on its own, but
enough to
barely maintain level flight.

Mildly creepy looking under weigh; looks like a sailplane with severe
low-frequency flutter.


This one was not an ornithopter either...
It just LOOKS like one...

How do you conclude that?

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg


Well, to be atrue ornithopter, its takeoff would not be towed by an
automobile, for the first thing.
And secondly, it should be able to sustain flight by flapping. This thing
was simply a unique-looking glider with wings that flexed a bit in ground
effect, after the car towing it got it moving.

It may indeed be a comendable piece of aerdymanic ingenuity, but an
"ornithopter it is NOT.

Flash

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Karl
Not the first, it was done 30 years ago, Google Gossamer Albatross.

GA was prop-driven, not an ornithopter (thrust from wing flapping).

This one doesn't seem to have enough power to take off on its own, but
enough to
barely maintain level flight.

Mildly creepy looking under weigh; looks like a sailplane with severe
low-frequency flutter.


This one was not an ornithopter either...
It just LOOKS like one...

How much flapping do you have to do before it's an ornithopter?

Not being able to take off under its own power doesn't help, mind.

Steve Hix wrote:
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CaveLamb wrote:

Steve Hix wrote:
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TonyW wrote:

On 10/6/2010 2:43 AM, wrote:
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l
Karl
Not the first, it was done 30 years ago, Google Gossamer Albatross.
GA was prop-driven, not an ornithopter (thrust from wing flapping).

This one doesn't seem to have enough power to take off on its own, but
enough to
barely maintain level flight.

Mildly creepy looking under weigh; looks like a sailplane with severe
low-frequency flutter.

This one was not an ornithopter either...
It just LOOKS like one...

How much flapping do you have to do before it's an ornithopter?

Not being able to take off under its own power doesn't help, mind.


Oh, I'd guess - enough for the wings to actually FLAP rather than just FLEX.



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