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      The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby ragabash » 11 Sep 2011 02:36

      http://www.ted.com/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird.html
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby Serkanner » 11 Sep 2011 06:15

      Absolutely awesome! A must see video. Thanks Ragabash for the link.
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby SandChigger » 11 Sep 2011 10:48

      Cool! :D
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby Omphalos » 11 Sep 2011 10:55

      Neat-o!
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby Freakzilla » 11 Sep 2011 15:23

      Most impressive!
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby DuneFishUK » 11 Sep 2011 16:13

      That's rather excellent :)
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby Lawliet » 11 Sep 2011 16:19

      A tiny ornithopter. Cool. :)
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      Postby DuneFishUK » 11 Sep 2011 20:09

      Lawliet wrote:A tiny ornithopter. Cool. :)

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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby merkin muffley » 11 Sep 2011 21:56

      Yeah, that was awesome.
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby ULFsurfer » 09 May 2013 11:47

      And here are some tiny ornithopters:

      http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Robotic_insects_make_first_controlled_flight_999.html
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby Lawliet » 10 May 2013 14:45

      This is pretty cool too:

      http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/vide ... ture-video
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby Freakzilla » 15 Jul 2014 16:24

      http://youtu.be/Fg_JcKSHUtQ
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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby lotek » 16 Jul 2014 03:48

      Impressive.

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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby ionah » 16 Jul 2014 16:28

      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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      Re: The ornithopter, v0.1

      Postby Freakzilla » 17 Jul 2014 06:50

      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 www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3QrhdfLCO8 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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