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This video has been sent to me at least a hundred times and everyone wants to know if it's real or fake. I don't know but Wired is taking a stab at the "science" behind it. What do you think?
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I say fake. The wing motions is not the same for birds. And I belive it has been shown that just up and down movements don't move the air over the wings but just fans the air.
I say fake. The wing motions is not the same for birds. And I belive it has been shown that just up and down movements don't move the air over the wings but just fans the air.
I think it looks real. The wing span is quite huge enough to manipulate the air around him, as in hang gliding and para sailing.
Poor guy was exhausted after he landed. I bet it took a ton of effort to flap the wings against the winds. Some kind of exoskeleton or block and tackle might be necessary to make it easier to flap the wings.
I think it looks real. The wing span is quite huge enough to manipulate the air around him, as in hang gliding and para sailing.
Poor guy was exhausted after he landed. I bet it took a ton of effort to flap the wings against the winds. Some kind of exoskeleton or block and tackle might be necessary to make it easier to flap the wings.
Hang-gliding and para-sailing both require air movement over the lift surfaces.
These stupid flapping inventions didn't work before the Wright brothers, why would they all the sudden start working now?
Also to add, how are those wings supported? not by his arms, there's no way, One decent thermal hitting a wing and he would be upside down with a broken arm. Also, taking off flat? not happening for non-powered flight. Other forms of non-powered flight involve cliffs and steep drops, or tow planes, there is no way this thing got in the air and stayed there.
People at wired think this is possible? I have suddenly lost all respect for them.
Tire tracks in the grass. That's all I'm sayin'
Lol, there are tire tracks in the grass. Had to double check the video.
I say fake. The wing motions is not the same for birds. And I belive it has been shown that just up and down movements don't move the air over the wings but just fans the air.
Wing motions not like birds? Ain't that like saying 'airplanes have no feathers, they can't work'
It kinda sounds and looks like they start a motor on the guys back and most of the motion is on the outer 1/2 of the wings. He has a fair forward motion and a large surface area. I have not idea how they could control direction, that would scare the hell outta me.
I say needs technical details and 3rd party viewers.
C'mon people! He would need pecs 18" thick to generate enough force to flap bird wings. And bird wings would generate much more lift and motive force than those contraptions, all for less weight. Plus, that guy weighs about 170#? There's a reason there are few birds that big.
It's so impossible that it doesn't even bear any scrutiny. There is no "if" where this scenario works. Not enough power. Too much weight.
I'm hearing a lot of "this is fake" but not a lot of "this is fake because <insert properly explained and legitimate reason>".
Personally I want to believe it The wings don't "look" like they're generating enough lift to pull it off, but you really can't say from that video.
I'm hearing a lot of "this is fake" but not a lot of "this is fake because <insert properly explained and legitimate reason>".
Personally I want to believe it The wings don't "look" like they're generating enough lift to pull it off, but you really can't say from that video.
Because simply flapping wings doesn't generate lift. the wings have to tilt and fold out of the way to present less surface area and then unfold to present more area. Then the downward push of a flap creates more force pushing you up than the upward force of the flap pushing you down + gravity.
There's not enough of this really. The wings would have to flap as fast as an insect's rigid wings do to work like it does in this video.
Birds wings are are like hands, the cup and fold the wings when lifting and spread them out when pushing down. Same idea you do with your hand when you are swimming. This video doesn't show more than a simple tilt of the wings.