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Bird-like wings carry man 330 feet
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| March. 21, 2012
Posted on 03/21/2012 11:39:33 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Icarus better not fly too close to the sun.
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posted on
03/21/2012 1:04:50 PM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
To: Lazamataz
Feathers rotate during upwards wing flaps, to make them have little air resistance, and on the down-flap, they lock together to achieve maximum air resistance.Modern R/C ornithopters use sail cloth to simulate the actions you're describing.
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posted on
03/21/2012 1:09:25 PM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
To: lacrew
Say there, lacrew, this same story was posted over in DUmmie land yesterday afternoon and your exact same wording was posted in a response by some one there called “lacrew”. Coincidence?
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posted on
03/21/2012 1:22:46 PM PDT
by
2sheds
To: JoeProBono
Turnigy motors He was shopping from the Hong Kong mega RC store Hobby King. Turnigy is their house brand.
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posted on
03/21/2012 1:39:55 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: JoeProBono
Turnigy motors He was shopping from the Hong Kong mega RC store Hobby King. Turnigy is their house brand.
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posted on
03/21/2012 1:40:22 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Lazamataz
Bats don’t have feathers...yet they fly.
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posted on
03/21/2012 1:55:44 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Obama: "Will someone rid me of that Nettlesome Newt?")
To: Carlucci
The jerkycam crappiness of the camerawork is a dead giveaway:
Deliberately pointing the camera at the ground so they can transition to the fake CGI wing that suddenly shows an extra black square on the right wing.
These people need to be kneecapped for wasting my time.
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posted on
03/21/2012 2:04:29 PM PDT
by
wolficatZ
(:"TV is king, you're my everything..")
To: 2sheds
Nope,
I blatantly troll there, with my Free Republic name.
Nobody’s noticed yet...I’ve sort of trying to get kicked off, but they can’t report me to their ‘jury’ system, unless I say something that’s not true. So, I just use facts...which is frustrating for them.
While you’re over there, look for the global warming thread I’m on....or my current hydrogen scuffle.
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posted on
03/21/2012 3:08:10 PM PDT
by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: lacrew
Well alrighty then. Carry on !!
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posted on
03/21/2012 3:53:51 PM PDT
by
2sheds
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
03/21/2012 4:06:54 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...
This is pretty cool. Da Vinci ping.
Thanks JoeProBono.
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posted on
03/21/2012 8:58:42 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/22/2012 2:20:22 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: OB1kNOb
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posted on
03/22/2012 2:29:20 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Otto Lilienthal, whose last words, after he crashed his last
attempt at flying an aircraft, were "Sacrifices must be made."
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posted on
03/22/2012 10:48:30 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
To: All
Report: Bird-flight creator confesses hoax
Published: March. 22, 2012 at 6:24 PM
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 22 (UPI) — The man who claimed to have created a bird-like flight machine confessed Thursday on Dutch TV it was a hoax.
Netherlands artist Floris Kaayk, who went by the name of Jarno Smeets during his “Human Birdwings” project, said the hoax was eight months in the making, Wired Science reported. Kaayk appeared on a Dutch television program called “De Wereld Draait Door” (”The World is Turning”).
Kaayk said he attempted the hoax because “it’s everybody’s dream to fly.”
“He wanted to chase a dream, as most artists do. He wanted to inspire people and I think he succeeded,” neuromechanics scientist Bert Otten of the University of Groningen told Wired Science. “As an artist he has succeeded, but he has fooled most of us. We all want to fly, don’t we?”
Kaayk asked Otten in August 2011 about the mechanics of flight. Otten said he was not in on the hoax.
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posted on
03/23/2012 7:14:02 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
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