September 26, 2010
Fly, Robin, fly!
What is this device? What funky thing did it achieve recently?
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Answer:
Snowbird, the first human-powered “ornithopter”, a la DaVinci, to achieve sustained flight.
It’s an ornithopter a la DaVinci, called “Snowbird”. It only took 500 years for someone to actually get one to fly on August 2nd, last.
Snowbird – first human powered flight with flapping wings.
Snowbird, the first human-powered ornithopter to achieve sustained flight.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tra.....ds-newsxml
World’s first human powered ornithopter
Ornithopter – first sustained ornithopter flight (19.3 seconds).
Is this the Solar Impulse plane that did a 24 hr flight recently?
this is the snowbird, and the first successful human powered flight by todd reichert
Solar plane by Solar Impulse recently completed a tour of Switzerland in ~26hrs, 12+ hours of which were during the night.
Todd Rechiert’s ornithopter called Snowbird.
Todd Rechiert’s ornithopter called Snowbird, which became the first flapping wing aeroplane thingy.
This is an aircraft which flies by flapping its wings, like a bird.
A student recently demonstrated sustained flight by using his own energy to fly this machine.