World's First Human-Powered Ornithopter
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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2010
The Snowbird Human-Powered Ornithopter was designed and constructed by a team of students from the University of Toronto. On August 2nd 2010 it sustained both altitude and airspeed for 19.3 seconds, becoming the world's first successful human-powered ornithopter. Music by Nicholas Martel and Daniel Gauthier. Visit hpo.ornithopter.net.
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Heavygusto 11 months ago
freeze it first.
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kmfdm665attak 1 year ago
2:14 yeah? you try stapling water to a tree
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ab2tract 1 day ago
no? "On August 2nd 2010 it sustained both altitude and airspeed for 19.3 seconds" the University of Toronto is just trolling us then?
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ben parslew 2 days ago
If anyone is interested in flapping-flight physics, please take a look at my movies/website :)
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berin99 1 week ago
Please provide proof that a glider, towed by a plane to the same height and speed, will glide further before landing.
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SN1350 1 week ago
I agree 100%, this flapping did not create any lift nor did it help it fly, yes it looked amazing in the air, and for those who dont understand the physic, they were blown away.
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Sal Taglib 1 week ago
That's no sustained flight thats just a butchered glider.
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Slidaulth 3 weeks ago
Absolutely, The flapping does Not generate any thrust, hence this Glider will actually loose forward momentum and come to ground sooner than it would without the flapping.
You are using the general definition of 'flight' when this video is implying Powered Flight. Instead this is a loss of efficiency of forward momentum making this a glider that doesn't even perform as well as it would if the wings were stationary.
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juraj89 3 weeks ago
freeze it first
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berin99 3 weeks ago
"Flight is the process by which an object moves, through an atmosphere ..., by generating aerodynamic lift, propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement, without direct support from any surface." So you are saying that it does not generate lift or thrust?
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Eric Fasley 3 weeks ago
Glue paper to air.
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Eric Fasley 3 weeks ago
You are all wrong. They only tried to get the ornithopter into the air. If it had its own motor, it would be too heavy for the wings to even be able to flap fast enough to do the same effect. who was flapping the wings anyway, huh? A person was. Who was driving the vehicle that towed the ornithopter, huh? A person was. And don't say "The truck is a machine." The truck didn't MAKE the ornithopter fly, it just helped it.
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