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.
		3.5 gram Hovering Ornithopter - So small you can barely see it! Ornithopter designed by Nathan Chronister. 6.3MB MPG ))

Recent Ornithopter Videos

		Onboard Video - Live video from an RC ornithopter in flight! 15.2MB MPG ))
		Dragonfly - Pete Valentine combined two Cybirds to build this model. 6.4MB MPEG ))
		Yusuke Takahashi - Luna kit converted to IR control. 7.2MB WMV ))
		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 ))
		Albert Kempf's "Flappy" - Realistically styled ornithopter using a similar mechanism to the above model. 17.7MB MPEG ))

From the Archives

		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 AVI
		PH Spencer's Orniplane - The first known radio-controlled ornithopter. It was flown in 1961. 640KB AVI
		Sean Kinkade's Skybird - Radio-controlled ornithopter formerly produced as a kit. 1.8MB AVI ))

NEAT LINK: Eagle Cam on Animal Planet
Mini TV cameras on a real eagle in flight!

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