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I honestly had no idea such things were possible. Aside from the sheer amazing delight, are there advantages to flapping-wing modes of flight?
by lenazegher 14y ago
I honestly had no idea such things were possible. Aside from the sheer amazing delight, are there advantages to flapping-wing modes of flight?
- DoubleCluster 14y agoIt's the future! I think that it would be great for agility, and perhaps to mimic insects so the army can use them covertly.
- ams6110 14y agoOr to replace the bees (see "Bees Dying" currently on the HN front page) if/when they go extinct
- fosfori 14y agoThere must be some, I guess, but certainly not the comfort of possible passengers according to the video.
- beambot 14y agoThere was a Georgia Tech spinoff that was commercializing something like this: http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/11/14/robot-dragonfly-techject-new-georgia-tech-spinoff-company http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/11/14/robot-dragonfly-techje...
- Thieum22 14y agoThe ornithopter article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter gives some details about such design. In SF, they are also part of Dune lore : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_the_Dune_universe#Ornithopter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_the_Dune_universe...