To be honest the seaglider in HAH's thread looks more plausible... Can't just be air in the leading struts, also no way to ensure any fore and aft
stability...
fixed bridles, flying static, been two years now... ??? folks must be wondering....
sting 1.7, dp power 2.5, crossfire 3.2, ace 5, blade iv 6.5, ace 8, ace 12...
also a couple of arcs, 12 syn and 12 phanny, but i\'m not yet up to speed on them.
It starting to go viral a few other places, run across it twice more in a lazy evening of surfing wind-related stuff on line. Apparently he's got
something sewn in between his legs for stability, something kinda like what you might find on a wingsuit, (btw wingsuit proximity basejumpers are
inSANE!) but the wings just don't look right to me.
fixed bridles, flying static, been two years now... ??? folks must be wondering....
sting 1.7, dp power 2.5, crossfire 3.2, ace 5, blade iv 6.5, ace 8, ace 12...
also a couple of arcs, 12 syn and 12 phanny, but i\'m not yet up to speed on them.
As noted this has been popping up on forums all over the place and as kite fliers many of us can't believe how easily people think this has any sense
of being real -it is well done but come on, look it at from a kite flier point of view, there is now way he's flying. There are many things that that
right away point to fake - anyone truly think this is real? We are still two weeks away from April 1st it's good entertainment.
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
In the video when he takes off There is a buzzing noise. Like a chainsaw it can be heard on the actual flight. So I am thinking it may have an engine
to help get you off the ground. The jerky looking flying though at .25 is kinda odd looking.
go fly a kite trainer 1.4 m
thunderfoil 9 ft.
Flexi sting 1.7m
Ozone flow 2.0 m
PL Vapor 3.2 m
Ozone Flow 5 m
PLVapor 6.5 m
frenzy 14.0 m
If you go through his series of videos, you will see that the "wings" are motor driven, steel re-inforced, wii controller controlled through his smart
phone accelerometer. Doesn't say where he keeps the batteries, though...
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Toxic HQ , 7.5MApex III, HQ, Quadrifoil XXXL (9.66M), NPW5 2.4,4.8m,
NPW9 3.4M(HQ),NPW9 7M (RASTA\'S FURY),
NPW9 7.6M (BIGSISTAH),NPW9 12MGREENMONSTER(km4), P L Comp ST buggy,PL Bigfoot+
buggy, Atomic Alibi Snowboard, Protec Knee/Elbow Pads & Helmet, Seirus wristguards, Demon crash shorts, LaCross chest/shoulder pads.
(tryin\' to be safe!)
Originally posted by bobalooie57
If you go through his series of videos, you will see that the "wings" are motor driven, steel re-inforced, wii controller controlled through his smart
phone accelerometer. Doesn't say where he keeps the batteries, though...
there is far more wrong with it other than the buzzing noise - just look at the wings, think about kites, hang gliders, shape/lift and weight on a
wing when it's under load. This ranks up there with running fast to run on top of water, super slide to goes hundreds of feet into a tiny inflatable
pool, jumping with a kite from the roof of one building to another..... well done but so many things that are implausible as far the flight dynamics.
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
Anyone notice the tire tracks along his path when he was "landing"? No way he got that altitude by just flapping those long wings with his non Mr
Olympia chest.
Coastal Wind Sports Team Rider Landsegler Disc wheels
PTW Hero Buggy - XXtreme ApeXX Buggy US 88 - Libre Hardcore IvanpahBuggyExpo.com Youtube link
Bob Muse
HQ Montana X 8m, Montana IX 12m, HQ Ignition LEI 5m,
PL Phantom 12m, 15m, Big Blu 24m+, Synergy 10m, Venom 10m, 13m , Phantom II 12m Vapors 3.8, 5.4, Crosskite Sonic 7m, PKD Combat 10.3m
Uturn Butane 2.5m PKD Buster 3m Genetrix Hydra 7m Ozone Yakuza GT 14m
the engineers at Univ of Toronto created the first flapping wing human powered ornithopter that did a sustained flight a year ago. It needed a tow up
before starting the flapping wing which was driven again through a complex bicycle drive to warp the 105 ft wingspan. Here is a link to that flight
and other info
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