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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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