Another Ornithopter Takes Off 166
mnmn writes "Ornithopters have been around for a while, but a professor at the Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies has made progress with his. It flew for 14 seconds and covered a third of a kilometer. However it landed with a bit of a crash. Interestingly it uses a glow jet turbine from RC aircraft."
Re:A Glow Jet Turbine? (Score:5, Insightful)
birds (Score:4, Insightful)
I wonder if an ornithopter could work with a wing that could change it shape slightly.
of course I am still not sure, is there an advantage to an ornithopter or is it just a curiosity thing?
Flapping power from ... where? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:If the wings had been (Score:3, Insightful)
Also, migratory birds don't fly the whole way from Canada down south in one go. They often stop to rest and refuel (and crap on my car).
I'm no ornithologist, but these seem like logical deductions. Could be wrong.
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