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• An ornithopter is an aircraft that gets its forward propulsion from the flapping of wings (the ORNITH – in ornithopter comes from the ltain for “bird” – putting “ornith” on a prefix makes it “bird-like”) an ornithopter is a heavier-than-air aircraft that is propelled by the flapping of wings. KAMN Show #11: Dune : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas
• The turbine-wheel spins at extremely high speed (>150,000 RPM), limiting most adjustments to the original factory. Finally, ornithopters do not use airscrews at all.
• Today on BoingBoing Gadgets, we reviewed a 3G USB modem that works great on Macs and high-end canine gear; listened to The Harmonium; drank a strictly-conforming European pint; watched Belkin try to bring novelty to the world of mouse pads; built an ornithopter and a difference engine; guzzled yoghurt with a specially-shaped spoon; and listened to a beautiful boombox in a double-bass fiddle. Boing Boing
• Butterflies are the best-known invertebrates in the hotspot, with a few species of Ornithoptera (birdwing) butterflies, particularly O. allotae and O. victoriae – both large, prominent and spectacular species – and the blue emperor swallowtail (Papilio ulysses) found in the Bismarcks and Solomons. Biological diversity in the East Melanesian Islands
• This led him to the consideration of many systems of flight, including helicopters and ornithopters (devices with flapping wings) and ultimately to his first theoretical concept in 1920 of the idea of freely rotating wings.
• My friend Geoff Cohen turned me on to a book called ‘Cat's Paws and Catapaults,’ which examines the historical failure of mechanical designs based on nature - for example, the ornithopter.
• Several days later he spotted another huge, strong-flying, iridescent birdwing of the genus Ornithoptera, similar but not identical to the three he had caught in Celebes. The Song of The Dodo
• In the foreground is a butterfly ornithopter, an elf alien, a BoarCroc, and a satyr. Studio Shot in ImagineFX
• As I sit here in my ornithopter, debating whether to visit the excellent library of microfiche on Mars or to bathe in the pools of Venus, a few names come to mind ... June 2008
• He developed prototypes for mass-produceable goods, and worked on the quixotic Letatlin, a design for an ornithopter.