New sports aviation machine prototype initial wing bike test at Davies aircraft corp. Human powered sky bike flight test once again! #human powered ornithopter #human bat wings #sky surfing #kremer prize
Thank you Gregory. A few years back I had been working on some foam core prototypes for possible winged designs. Coming upon you and your work has me now, back at it. Anything that I feel might have interest to you, I will send your way. Absolutely nothing foolish in engaging with this work of the heart,,the only foolishness lies in the so called experts..a little too afraid to step outside their discipline. All the best.
Gregorio pesas demasiado con todos mis respetos ,el hombre no está diseñado para volar como un pájaro para esto tenemos los alas delta ,los álas delta con motor y los ultraligeros pero cuando te veo mover las alas que has diseñado no dejo de partir r el culo de reír😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
such a terrible waste of time and resources. the wing looks to be very well constructed and looks very nice. but it can't possibly succeed. notice how at the end of the video the pilot was exhausted just from the attempt to take off. lets THINK about the physics of this. consider those gymnastic rings that some athletes use. one of the hardest positions to hold is to have your arms straight out from your sides and supporting your whole weight. how long can you hold that pose? now add a backpack full of weights equivalent to the weight of this wing. now how long can you hold this position? unless you are a trained/conditioned athlete you won't be able to do this at all. and a really strong athlete will only be able to do it for a few seconds. or another way of thinking about this, how many pull-ups can you do? can you do a thousand pull-ups with a backpack on your back? can you do them at 20 times per second? but this is exactly what you are trying to accomplish with your flapping wing, only in fact the wing requires even more effort to move and control than hanging on the rings or doing pull-ups. you can never succeed with this. basic human anatomy is against you. our arms are not strong enough to support our body weight in this fashion. also this design is not exactly new. I've seen old films dating back to the 1800's of people making similar devices. learning a little bit of history about the development of flight, might just keep you from killing yourself as many of the pioneers did while they were trying to figure it out. I am all for reinventing the wheel if it has a reasonable chance improve on what we already have, or at least be a learning experience that leads to a better understanding of the existing technology. but this project appears to offer neither an increase in knowledge or an improved design. instead it ignores over 100 years of knowledge that has been accumulated often at great cost.
Unlike birds and bats (and insects), we lack the necessary "muscle" for this type of exercise! If we want to be airborne, we have to be born with a body of pure muscle! :O
For all of the nay sayers and grumpy oldies with stilted minds I say, just look at the enthusiasm..the Life in this man..with this..who knows...nothing ventured..nothing gained....
It's great to see people are still trying their ideas, forty years later. It is and will be a sport. Keep up the good work! You need to come to Maui for the wind! Mauiavian
Dave Terry Hi Dave, thanks for the words of encouragement. i will be posting a video soon on the latest developments with the Wingbike. I would have flown it already except that my beloved girl died last year and I let that get me down (pardon the unwiting humour)............
