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Human Birdwings | Building a semi human powered flying device




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[krystar]

Industrial Light and Magic debunked this as CGI faked...but i'm still hopeful

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by krystar

Industrial Light and Magic debunked this as CGI faked...but i'm still hopeful

It does look a bit fake.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

I think the "bull-crap" alarm went off in most peoples' head.

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JB

[krystar]

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]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[romad]

Originally Posted by krystar

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]

Originally Posted by krystar

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.

[krystar]

why so hard to believe though. human-powered ornithopters can fly. why wouldn't an electric powered ornithopter be able to fly?