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I remember seeing a similar calculation that for a human to fly using scaled bird wings one's pectoral muscles would have to be about 6 feet thick. So we're no

I remember seeing a similar calculation that for a human to fly using scaled bird wings one's pectoral muscles would have to be about 6 feet thick. So we're not talking arc reactor levels of power, but probably more than one can output from a small backpack of batteries like in the vid ;)

fr0sty 15y ago
> but probably more than one can output from a small backpack of batteries like in the vid ;) Actually, Lithium-Polymer battery packs capable of a sustained output in excess of 2kW weigh only a few pounds.
- onemoreact 15y ago
  People can do 2kW for a little while, you need closer to ~50kW or really really big and light wings. At which point your 200lb of battery's and moters bump that to ~100kW.