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Re: [Phys-l] Flies Like a Bird




On 2011, Aug 06, , at 17:31, brian whatcott wrote:

Interesting application of Carbon Fiber!

http://www.flixxy.com/airplane-flies-like-a-bird.htm




Radio Shack surplussed (~ $30) an RC secondary cell powered ornithopter last year, of course not as pretty (realistic), and well engineered, etc. I may still have one of the rubber band driven ones a friend gave me several decades ago.

bc too old for his own good.

Was French, so this one?

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safari&rls=en&q=ornithopter&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=7070959824902685265&sa=X&ei=gq1CTvvrJsjRiAKxssnEBQ&ved=0CDcQ8wIwAg#ps-sellers

DIY here:

http://www.ornithopter.org/