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Old 07-14-2006, 02:11 AM
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Default Non-RV : ornithopter flies!
This thing is weird. Saw it on Discovery channel or something a few weeks ago. Now I see it has actually flown. Sort of... bizarre!!

http://www.ornithopter.ca/index_e.html
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Old 07-14-2006, 04:12 PM
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Flies about as good as the one in Oshkosh with the cave people on it.

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Old 07-14-2006, 05:04 PM
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Man, that looks scary!

Reminds me of watching some of the baby Blue Jays in the backyard when they get brave enough to jump out of the nest.

Not sure I would call it flying. Maybe technically...
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The way that thing rolled over, its just as well they only got three feet up and not thirty feet up (or higher)!!
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Old 07-14-2006, 07:40 PM
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Reminds me of the video of the kids with the Butt Rockets......
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