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What's interesting is the engine for the insectothopter, it appears to be a plastic bladder compressed with a cantilever spring. Inflating the bladder with gas
by gene-h 9y ago
What's interesting is the engine for the insectothopter, it appears to be a plastic bladder compressed with a cantilever spring. Inflating the bladder with gas pulls the wing down, which is itself something like a leaf spring, and then deflates and the wing springs back. This is a surprisingly simple mechanism that one might even be able to make without hand tools.
I wonder how long it will take the RC community to duplicate it?