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Originally Posted by quakermaas 
Real Albatross take off ( with strong head wind and small slope )
Notice the wings don't give a little flutter like the OP video.
Real Albatross take off ( with strong head wind and small slope )
Notice the wings don't give a little flutter like the OP video.
Yeah, and it's not made of meat, bone, and feathers either.
I think you are taking the connection to a real bird too literally.
Saying a semi rigid kite/hang glider strapped to a man is different from a real albatross is a given.
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Originally Posted by guyladouche
Yes, but can you use your upper body strength to push and pull something with great force, whilst keeping a planking position?
Yes, but can you use your upper body strength to push and pull something with great force, whilst keeping a planking position?
What are you talking about?
This guy isn't pushing or pulling anything with great force. The wing flapping is NOT man-powered. He's supposed to just have a motion sensor on the arms to coordinate when the wings are moved by the servos in the pack.
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Originally Posted by Stealth Pyros
Lol... observe the moment that the shadow appears on the wing. He is not even in front of the wing yet.
Lol... observe the moment that the shadow appears on the wing. He is not even in front of the wing yet.
But he is between the wing and the sun and the wing is translucent.
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Originally Posted by guyladouche
Calm down and see what I'm saying. You still have to push/pull your arms while keeping a planking position--working against gravity. He keeps a *virtually perfect* planking position with no body flex or movement. I have no idea what his physical capabilities are in general, but that's an incredibly difficult thing to do without a harness/support holding a significant amount of your weight and still flap your arms up and down--regardless of whether you're moving wiimotes or whole wings.
Calm down and see what I'm saying. You still have to push/pull your arms while keeping a planking position--working against gravity. He keeps a *virtually perfect* planking position with no body flex or movement. I have no idea what his physical capabilities are in general, but that's an incredibly difficult thing to do without a harness/support holding a significant amount of your weight and still flap your arms up and down--regardless of whether you're moving wiimotes or whole wings.
Only during the last part of the ascent would he need to be doing this.
With mcuh of any air speed, that control surface between is legs would be supporting much of the weight of his lower body. he's also only flapping during ascent and very near landing. Most of the time it looks like he's simply gliding down.
Regardless, with any lower back strength at all, it's not hard to plank with your arms spread while supported only by your chest for all of 45-60 seconds.
There are a lot of iffy things about the video but someone able to physically do this is not rare enough to draw suspicion.
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Originally Posted by Mygaffer
If you go read and the Gizmodo article, here:
http://gizmodo.com/5895235/cgi-experts-say-flying-bird-man-is-fake
you'll see confirmation that it is fake.
If you go read and the Gizmodo article, here:
http://gizmodo.com/5895235/cgi-experts-say-flying-bird-man-is-fake
you'll see confirmation that it is fake.
The video may well have been faked, but I'm more concerned with whether or not this device could fly in the manner depicted. It's more interesting.
Edited by Blameless - 3/23/12 at 11:52am
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