I'm surprised no one has brought this up already. I mean, it actually works like a bird's wings! Looks quite tiring (and really dangerous) but I guess if you got a nice wind you could get pretty far on just a few flaps. I'd like to see some real athletes get in too, see how far they can take it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... ;feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.humanbirdwings.net/

Seriously this video is edited to death.
Still the idea is cool flying like a bird. Since it is something all of us seem to want somehow.

wat? ^^

yup, looks edited

Location: USA.

Quote from DevilDare :

Location: USA.

:bullwhip:

Zing!

Well I wanted to believe it, just like a lot of media outlets did too.

If the physics work though maybe we should try it ourselves? I'll fly it.

They need to make him just shake his hands without anything else + make a huge commercial so people will believe it and voila, here we go again.

whoever made that animation has no idea how a birds wings even move in flight. And that "pilot" is pretty sweatless for being breathless at the end.

Quote from Rappa Z :

Well I wanted to believe it, just like a lot of media outlets did too.

If the physics work though maybe we should try it ourselves? I'll fly it.

Of course the physics don't work. In order to lift a man's weight at that low airspeed the wings would have to be absolutely gigantic.

I doubt that thing could fly itself let alone with a man attached to it.

They've played too much RDR...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYdCvN-ukRY

Quote from MadCat360 :

Of course the physics don't work. In order to lift a man's weight at that low airspeed the wings would have to be absolutely gigantic.

I doubt that thing could fly itself let alone with a man attached to it.

Those wings look big enough, to have plenty of lift. The only problem is - you need super human strength to take off. I bet i wouldn't be able to move my hands after 10-20 reps.

Quote from KiRmelius :

Those wings look big enough, to have plenty of lift. The only problem is - you need super human strength to take off. I bet i wouldn't be able to move my hands after 10-20 reps.

You'd also need a different body structure... birds have extremely lightweight body structure compared to humans, that's the first problem.

Quote from KiRmelius :

Those wings look big enough, to have plenty of lift. The only problem is - you need super human strength to take off. I bet i wouldn't be able to move my hands after 10-20 reps.

Of course you wouldn't, thatswhy they use extra engines to move wings.