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More recent vehicles, such as the human-powered ornithopters of Lippisch (1929) and Emiel Hartman (1959), were capable powered gliders but required a towing vehicle in order to take off and may not have been capable of generating sufficient lift for sustained flight. Hartman's ornithopter lacked the theoretical background of others based on the ...
SmartBird is an autonomous ornithopter created by Festo's Bionic Learning Network with an emphasis on better aerodynamics and maneuverability. It is an ornithopter modeled on the herring gull. [1] It has a mass of 450 grams and a wingspan of 1.96 meters. [2] In April 2011 the SmartBird was unveiled at the Hanover Fair.
[3] [4] Since that time, many people have tried to make human-powered flight like a bird happen. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] In 1991, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) awarded a “Diplôme d’Honneur” for the first remotely operated engine-powered ornithopter, which was developed by Professor James DeLaurier and UTIAS .
The DelFly is based on scaling relations for the aerodynamic design of flapping wings, [5] which were discovered in the Dickinson lab at Caltech in collaboration with Wageningen University. [ 3 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Earlier research in the Dickinson lab [ 19 ] also inspired The Robobee , both the Robobee and the DelFly design originated from research ...
The terrestrial Entomopter is a multimode (flying/crawling) insect-like robot developed by Robert C. Michelson and his design team from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), University of Cambridge, ETS Labs and others.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
He also identified and described the importance of dihedral, diagonal bracing and drag reduction, and contributed to the understanding and design of ornithopters and parachutes. [2] Another significant invention was the tension-spoked wheel, which he devised in order to create a light, strong wheel for aircraft undercarriage.
Kirby prefers a participatory style of decision-making even when he must make the final choice. He gathers about 15 employees and, starting with the most junior, seeks each one's advice. He's ...