Posted on 09/29/2010 5:08:58 PM PDT by woofie
It's a scam.
Of course I WANT to believe so Im trying to temper that with the reservations from this crowd....you are right a prolonged flight is necessary to prove that it is lifting by the flapping motion of the wings if it comes down in spite of the pedaling its a fake...I cant tell from this video if lift is occurring.
Somehow four years of work seems a bit much to put into a fake.
It got a lot of press and it will be checked out by experts so we shall see
The comment section at the web-site that has the article is interesting. Its the exact same debate that is going on here
Looks like there’s some pretty impressive engineering going on inside those wings. It appears that all of the mechanics are internal inside the wing. I don’t see any wires tugging at the wing from above or below.
I’d love to see how that works.
that caught my eye as well and its a very fluid movement
If it was truly human powered, it wouldn’t need a truck to tow it with.
Fail.
I think it would take a lot more power to get off the ground than to get lift once in the air. But you could achieve the same thing as towing by jumping off of a high place ...is that cheating?
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