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Ornithopter
Video Clips
Check for new clips from time to time. Download tip: Right-click on
the link, and save the target file onto your hard drive. Be sure to
check out the other videos in our online
store.
Newest Ornithopter Videos!
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Erich
von Holst - "New" video from the 1940s. Includes
two ornithopters, plus slow-motion footage of bird and insect
flight and Holst's "thrust-wing" rotary-driven model.
8.6 MB WMV )) From the film,
Wings Over the World. |
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3.5
gram Hovering Ornithopter - So small you can barely
see it! Ornithopter designed by Nathan Chronister. 6.3MB
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Recent
Ornithopter Videos
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Onboard
Video - Live video from an RC ornithopter in flight!
15.2MB MPG )) |
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Dragonfly
- Pete Valentine combined two Cybirds to build this model. 6.4MB
MPEG )) |
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Yusuke
Takahashi - Luna kit converted to IR control. 7.2MB
WMV )) |
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Park
Hawk and Piaf - Kinkade Park Hawk and Albert Kempf's Piaf
at an indoor site in France. The Park Hawk has conventional
membrane wings whereas Piaf has actively torsioned foam wings.
1.4MB MPEG )) |
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Albert
Kempf's "Flappy" - Realistically styled ornithopter
using a similar mechanism to the above model. 17.7MB
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From
the Archives
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PH
Spencer's Seagulls - These engine-powered ornithopters flown
c.1958 used the aeroelastic membrane wing design still used
in most ornithopters. This clip shows close-ups of the mechanism
and some flight scenes. 790KB
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PH
Spencer's Orniplane - The first known radio-controlled ornithopter.
It was flown in 1961. 640KB AVI
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Sean
Kinkade's Skybird - Radio-controlled ornithopter formerly
produced as a kit. 1.8MB AVI
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NEAT
LINK:
Eagle
Cam on Animal Planet
Mini TV cameras on a real eagle in flight!
Materials
are used with permission and may be protected by copyright.
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