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Ornithopter Video Clips
 
Some videos may require the free download Quicktime. File types vary, so if you can't play a certain video, try a different one.

Some of my Ornithopter Projects

 
  Onboard Video - Live video from an RC ornithopter in flight! 15.2MB MPG ))
     3.5 gram Hovering Ornithopter - So small you can barely see it! RC ornithopter designed by Nathan Chronister. 6.3MB MPG ))
     Freebird RC  - My patented design for a radio-controlled toy ornithopter that steers without servos or actuators. 5.0MB MPG ))
     Wright Memorial - Flying an RC ornithopter at the Wright Brothers memorial. 6.7MB MOV ))

More Ornithopter Videos

     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 - Two ornithopters flying indoors. 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 Piaf above. 17.7MB MPEG ))

From the Archives

  Erich von Holst - Includes two ornithopters from the 1940s, 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.
     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

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

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