Let's fly like a bird

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos · 5th January 2012, 07:14 AM

How cool is this?

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

~~ Paul

quarky · 5th January 2012, 07:08 PM

Its very cool. Yet, there has been a cheap, wind-up toy bird that flaps and flies. Its been around for decades. An awesome toy, which, I'm surprised, seems to have been ignored in this supposed breakthrough flight. They cost about $20, and are purely mechanical.

rwguinn · 5th January 2012, 07:21 PM

Nothing new, here.
http://www.ornithopter.org/history.electric.shtml

Shadow the Poodle · 5th January 2012, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by quarky

Its very cool. Yet, there has been a cheap, wind-up toy bird that flaps and flies. Its been around for decades. An awesome toy, which, I'm surprised, seems to have been ignored in this supposed breakthrough flight. They cost about $20, and are purely mechanical.

There are some who call me........ Tim

http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Bird-Windu.../dp/B0039ZHZBK

quarky · 6th January 2012, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by Shadow the Poodle

There are some who call me........ Tim

http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Bird-Windu.../dp/B0039ZHZBK

cool. $12.95!

I think that's what i paid 30 years ago.

RossFW · 6th January 2012, 06:56 AM

Actually, I think it's more like a robot bird that flies like a bird...

Soapy Sam · 6th January 2012, 11:29 AM

I wonder how many of the audience expected to be pooped on?

kleinjahr · 7th January 2012, 08:49 AM

A very nice piece of engineering, found it at TED. There have been mechanical versions around for some time. I've an old design, round here somewhere, dates back to the early 1900s at least.
Check this out for some history of flight,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cayley.

5th January 2012, 07:14 AM	#1
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quarky Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 20,454	Its very cool. Yet, there has been a cheap, wind-up toy bird that flaps and flies. Its been around for decades. An awesome toy, which, I'm surprised, seems to have been ignored in this supposed breakthrough flight. They cost about $20, and are purely mechanical.
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6th January 2012, 01:24 AM	#5
quarky Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 20,454	Originally Posted by Shadow the Poodle There are some who call me........ Tim http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Bird-Windu.../dp/B0039ZHZBK cool. $12.95! I think that's what i paid 30 years ago.
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5th January 2012, 11:20 PM	#4
Shadow the Poodle Scholar Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trentham Victoria Australia Posts: 103	Originally Posted by quarky Its very cool. Yet, there has been a cheap, wind-up toy bird that flaps and flies. Its been around for decades. An awesome toy, which, I'm surprised, seems to have been ignored in this supposed breakthrough flight. They cost about $20, and are purely mechanical. There are some who call me........ Tim http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Bird-Windu.../dp/B0039ZHZBK

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kleinjahr Thinker Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 235	A very nice piece of engineering, found it at TED. There have been mechanical versions around for some time. I've an old design, round here somewhere, dates back to the early 1900s at least. Check this out for some history of flight,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cayley.
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