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  • human powered ornithoptor!

    [ame=http://www.vimeo.com/15168317]HPO Flight on Vimeo[/ame]
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    That was impressive!! Wonder the mechanism they used and the purpose of this flight.

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    • #3
      I've had a few glasses of Friday night relaxation and that was just freaky!!!

      Heck of a wing span on that thing but darn clever technology :cheers2:
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      • #4
        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=blue]Wow ! The guy must have arms like Popeye to be able to flap those wings like that. :smilielol5: Cool video, thanks. :)[/COLOR][/FONT]
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        • #5
          Some time ago there was rumoured to be a human powered helicopter put together by a Japanese university but I never could find any pics of it and don't know if it worked.
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          • #6
            [quote=trillian;537649]Some time ago there was rumoured to be a human powered helicopter put together by a Japanese university but I never could find any pics of it and don't know if it worked.[/quote]

            [URL="http://www.calpoly.edu/~wpatters/helo.html"]The History of the Human Powered Helicopter Project[/URL]

            Also mentions the Uri from Nikon Uni

            Some cool stuff... like this

            [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp7yv67B5Sc&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

            Also look up the hatfield puffin. My sister's boyfriend at the time was involved in the build of that!
            Last edited by pgkevet; 25-09-2010, 04:56 AM.
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