Human Powered assisted Flight

dorsetknob · Mar 21, 2012, 01:17 PM

Came across this intresting article today

Mans Dream to Fly with wings like a Bird has now been realised (at least for one Dutchman)

Article here

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/21/flying_man/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=GYW5G2kbrKk#!

brandonwh64 · Mar 21, 2012, 01:25 PM

Watched this on black panthers facebook yesterday! Quite neat!

digibucc · Mar 21, 2012, 01:49 PM

theregister now assumes it's fake... still cool though i think

LAN_deRf_HA · Mar 22, 2012, 02:57 AM

.....you're kidding right? How on earth could you not tell that was fake. Blatant CGI on every part that involved any sort of flapping.

Batou1986 · Mar 22, 2012, 03:16 AM

people have to much mass for this to every work, hence the reason birds have weird bones.
Secondly at 12 seconds you can clearly hear a nitro rc engine running so they either used a heli/plane or a truck towing a kite for the go pro view.

ShiBDiB · Mar 22, 2012, 04:59 AM

so fake...

NinkobEi · Mar 22, 2012, 11:45 AM

looks very tiring. I don't see why it "couldn't" be possible. Admittedly the flapping looks fake but that could just be the design of the flyer.

animal007uk · Mar 22, 2012, 12:12 PM

Seeing as they said they used motors i find it funny how i can't see any type of Battery or device that powers the motors. Nice idea but i call fake.

Kreij · Mar 22, 2012, 11:55 PM

Verified fake by the guy who made the video. lol

RejZoR · Mar 24, 2012, 11:58 AM

The first thing after few seconds of watching was, this has to be fake. The wings to weight ratio just wouldn't work. Ie, that's why birds are generally so tiny and their bones structure is designed to be light (hollow "honeycomb" bones), but they are more fragile. Also if anyone ever seen a closeup of a bird flying you'd see the wings have to move in a very specific manner in order to generate lift and forward thrust. That's why cartoon hand flapping even with wing shapes attached to it never really worked.

D4S4 · Mar 24, 2012, 12:47 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSgrz...feature=fvwrel

this guy kicks moar ass.

Mar 21, 2012, 01:17 PM	#1
dorsetknob Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dorset where else eh? Posts: 196 (0.06/day) Thanks: 73 Thanked 134 Times in 71 Posts	Human Powered assisted Flight Came across this intresting article today Mans Dream to Fly with wings like a Bird has now been realised (at least for one Dutchman) Article here http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/21/flying_man/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=GYW5G2kbrKk#! __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=76493 its a new account so i have no Feedback

Mar 21, 2012, 01:25 PM	#2
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Mar 22, 2012, 02:57 AM	#4
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,069 (2.14/day) Thanks: 295 Thanked 853 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	.....you're kidding right? How on earth could you not tell that was fake. Blatant CGI on every part that involved any sort of flapping.

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Mar 22, 2012, 03:16 AM	#5
Batou1986 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 1,949 (0.69/day) Thanks: 123 Thanked 286 Times in 238 Posts System Specs	people have to much mass for this to every work, hence the reason birds have weird bones. Secondly at 12 seconds you can clearly hear a nitro rc engine running so they either used a heli/plane or a truck towing a kite for the go pro view. Last edited by Batou1986; Mar 22, 2012 at 03:34 AM.

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Mar 22, 2012, 11:45 AM	#7
NinkobEi Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,642 (0.69/day) Thanks: 227 Thanked 302 Times in 218 Posts System Specs	looks very tiring. I don't see why it "couldn't" be possible. Admittedly the flapping looks fake but that could just be the design of the flyer. __________________

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