Wing Mechanism

An Ornithopter mech made for 'Waddlesworth' for 102 Dalmations

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• wing
• mechanism
• flapping
• ornithopter
• 101
• dalmations
• animatronic
• creature
• effects
• automata
• automaton
• puppet

[simusfr]

Good worrk but ... Never seen any bird flapping his wings this way.

[kitanimboy]

@simusfr Well, thanks for the compliment, in fact, the timing and angles where taken from Muybridges's 'Animals In Motion' and after working bck to deicated mechanics was about 5-8% acurate to the plan so I'm happy with that. I've had an ornithologist coment that its true to a bird at the end of initial take-off wing-beating.. Anyway, eye of the beholder an all ;)

[vinceraptor]

This is absolutely amazing. It would be great to have this all self contained and able to fly with given weight and aerodynamic restructuring. Well done!

[kitanimboy]

@vinceraptor Thanks mate. always have the same thought but never get the time... maybe one day I'll get around to it... :)

[Avatinfernus]

I find this animation to be very well done. Actually. For a small small bird it might not make much sense but take a bird that's a little larger like a pigeon or even a small seagull and the animation seems pretty top notch :) I recall seeing an x-ray of a bird flying and it resembled.

Anyway, nowadays in 3D animation most people still get bird flight wrong, I like people who try to do the effort to do it right.

[fubleduck]

Has the concept of a fiwed geometry wing ornithopter ever been explored? I know that's not the way birds fly, but their build lends them no choice. It seems a fixed geometry wing that goes up & down as one could be more structurally sound, & have fewer moving parts. I think bird flight is a function of load modulation, not geometry(dihedral)modulation. Forcing wing down makes it go foreward faster, adding energy.

[razechai]

@simusfr actualy resently i saw a hawk fly exactly in that way

[9999bionic]

really i love this design its proof your mechanical imaginary ..i really enjoy observing your design

[DragonXflyer]

It would be a dream to work in a workshop such as this!

[sebatlanticus]

@kitanimboy

Hello,

I try to simulate this mecanism for scientific research.

Would you have any plans?? or other views??

Thank you very much,

[mrbumblesquat]

and skynet now controls our birds

[fishtankbank]

its stuff like this that makes me proud to be human

[skorpen2]

wonderful design, moves just like the real thing.

[2012freeflight]

@kitanimboy What. thats no good! this is a great concept!! I've watched this video about 100 times (and counting). I can't seem to find out how your powering this? Is there a pulsating motor or something in the middle of the mech. driving the whole system??