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Kraqus 03-21-2012 12:20 PM
Fly Pelican !!!
 
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Human Birdwings | Building a semi human powered flying device




Benny

krystar 03-21-2012 12:31 PM
Industrial Light and Magic debunked this as CGI faked...but i'm still hopeful

GH85Carrera 03-21-2012 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by krystar (Post 6638122)
Industrial Light and Magic debunked this as CGI faked...but i'm still hopeful
It does look a bit fake.

Hawkeye's-911T 03-21-2012 01:10 PM
I think the "bull-crap" alarm went off in most peoples' head.

Cheers
JB

krystar 03-21-2012 01:15 PM
thing is...it COULD be real. alot of engineers are debunking it because human arms can't support strength to fly....but this isn't human powered flapping flight. it's arm motion controlled flight with presumably electric powered flapping wings.

slakjaw 03-21-2012 01:59 PM
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

romad 03-21-2012 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by krystar (Post 6638198)
thing is...it COULD be real. alot of engineers are debunking it because human arms can't support strength to fly....but this isn't human powered flapping flight. it's arm motion controlled flight with presumably electric powered flapping wings.
And just how complex and heavy would a electric powered flapping system be?

"the mind is a terrible thing to waste on the internet"

red-beard 03-21-2012 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by krystar (Post 6638198)
thing is...it COULD be real. alot of engineers are debunking it because human arms can't support strength to fly....but this isn't human powered flapping flight. it's arm motion controlled flight with presumably electric powered flapping wings.
It is possible. Read "The Menace From Earth". Heinlein always did a lot of calculations, like calculating Geostationary Orbit before such things were common knowledge.

On the moon, a man weighs about 1/6th on earth. Now have a very large cavern used as air storage, at 2 atmospheres, and humans might be able to fly. SmileWavy

krystar 03-21-2012 03:47 PM
why so hard to believe though. human-powered ornithopters can fly. why wouldn't an electric powered ornithopter be able to fly?


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