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To: GodGunsGuts
I wish someone would find a way to make the “helicopter maple” extinct. I hate those @#$^$%#@# things, especially since I’m a car guy (they get in the drain vents and plug them, causing rust).
3 posted on
10/27/2009 8:48:33 AM PDT by
Hardastarboard
(Maureen Dowd is right. I DON'T like our President's color. He's a Red.)
To: GodGunsGuts
We may not agree on the process of evolution, but I am always glad to see the study and emulation of plant and animal designs to better mankind.
There is definitely a lot we can learn from Nature, even Leonardo DaVinci was inspired by nature to create a lot of his inventions that were a head of their time.
4 posted on
10/27/2009 8:48:49 AM PDT by
GraceG
To: GodGunsGuts
5 posted on
10/27/2009 8:48:56 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: GodGunsGuts
Uh, "scientists" just observe and record. Engineers build things.
To: GodGunsGuts
10 posted on
10/27/2009 8:56:39 AM PDT by
Nephi
( Bush legacy: "I had to sacrifice free market principles to save the free market.")
To: GodGunsGuts
Pretty cool but I think you’d get dizzy. ;^)
11 posted on
10/27/2009 8:57:15 AM PDT by
Just another Joe
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To: GodGunsGuts
I’m surprised nobody did this sooner.
Isn’t the idea natural to consider when watching a maple seed descend?
12 posted on
10/27/2009 9:10:09 AM PDT by
Califreak
(Obama's Purple Reign must be stopped!)
To: GodGunsGuts
Yep...maple seeds are cool.
15 posted on
10/27/2009 10:46:54 AM PDT by
ElectricStrawberry
(Didja know that Man walked with vegetarian T. rex within the last 4,351 years?)
To: GodGunsGuts
But, but, but..... they still fall to the ground - do they really want a helicopter that falls down? Granted it is slower, but.....
16 posted on
10/27/2009 10:58:11 AM PDT by
reed13
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.")
To: GodGunsGuts
Is it more efficient than a conventional helicopter? No.
Is it more practical than a conventional helicopter? No.
Is it more stable as a camera platform than a conventional helicopter? No.
It's a fun toy and an excellent engineering design study. It's not the next "Big Thing" in UAVs.
Lockheed Martin has been working on something very similar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY38uho9ZdE19 posted on
10/27/2009 12:25:31 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
To: GodGunsGuts
Amazing how blindly guided natural processes can randomly evolve an ideal mono-wing.
Hmmm. Maybe these things were designed by, as Reagan says, "The big Guy Up There" after all?
20 posted on
10/27/2009 7:16:39 PM PDT by
garjog
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But can it be liquified and used on your pancakes?
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24 posted on
10/28/2009 1:07:48 PM PDT by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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