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Undulating Wright Glider

 Wing warping extended into undulation
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My theory is that wing-warping, the patented steering system of the Wrights -- in which one wing is warped downward and the other warped upward in order to turn, is really just undulation and is propulsive if exagerated. So a Wright-style glider built with really adaptive wings and harnessed so that the pilot could warp the wings back and forth in a similar way to the way skateboarders "click clack" to propel themselves forward, would allow for human powered undulating flight.
—JesusHChrist, Feb 16 2005

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       I think you need to have a word with your Dad, about the birds and bees... and how they actually fly.
—UnaBubba, Feb 16 2005
   

       Another way this might work is to have two biplanes in a row and have them manipulatable so that when the front bi plane tilted to the right, the back biplane tilted to the left and vice versa. This would require lots of pulleys and things though -- generally a recipe for disaster.
—JesusHChrist, Feb 16 2005
   


 

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