Photos: Flapping like a mallard
Back to: The wings on this plane go up and down
Credit: Institute for Aerospace Studies
No jet engine, no propeller. This ornithopter, designed by James DeLaurier and researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies, is designed to fly by flapping its wings.
CONTINUED: DeLaurier's ornithopter rests in a hangar alongside fixed-wing aircraft....
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moves up and down in response to the wings moving in the
opposite direction. Try to land and the center section keeps
slapping up and down against the runway as it comes in,
making for a very, very rough landing by comparison to a
powered glide path. Hmmm... This falls into the same
realm as the concept of airship cranes -- nice in concept,
but impractical in implimentation for reasons based on
simple physics.
=-= The CyberPoet
- Canadian Dinosaur re-invents mechanical bird
- by December 6, 2004 2:21 AM PST
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(9 Comments)From the people who brought Canadians nothing but paying their salaries, we now have ...
THE MECHANICAL BIRD ... lol
University of Toronto is, I believe, just about the stupidest place on earth.