Without looking it up. <_<
Does anyone know what an ORNITHOPTER is? :blink:
I always wanted one so I got it at Hobby Town today! :banana:

I think that it is a mechanical construction that flys like a bird, has flapping wings as primary thrust and lift.

I think that is just what you needed Johnny, fits you to a tee. ;) :P :lol:
Does Amy like it? :biggrin:

u need a heli not a bird

Amy has no opinion on it. :no:
She just thinks I'm weird! :rolleyes:
I do need a helicopter. Does anyone want to sponcer me! :yes:

What do you take me for? Of course I knew it... <_<
From the Greek words for bird and wing. An ornithopter is a flying machine that flies by imitating the flapping of a bird's wings. Mechanically they can be complex.

Leonardo da Vinci wrote about it and drew pictures of them in the late 1400s. Here's one.


Many others tried to fly this type of aircraft unsuccessfully during the 1800s. :yickes:

If you go to google.com, click on Images, and then type in: radio controlled model ornithopter, you'll find out that there are websites dedicated to just these aircraft, from windup and RC MODELS to — get this — FULL SCALE ones with a pilot in them!

Yes even Russell knows about that. A perfect example is in a movie called "The Clash Of The Titans".

Yea that sounds like a future project, RC version! :yes: