I've followed this project for a while, and was pretty interested when I heard about the video. Unfortunately, though, it may not be legit. I have my opinion, but what do you guys think? Real or CGI?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Q0tKFOcHyrI
I've followed this project for a while, and was pretty interested when I heard about the video. Unfortunately, though, it may not be legit. I have my opinion, but what do you guys think? Real or CGI?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Q0tKFOcHyrI
Hal Bryan
EAA Lifetime 638979
Vintage 714005 | Warbirds 553527
Managing Editor
EAA—The Spirit of Aviation
Boy, I dunno... Seems borderline... Tough call...
Christopher Owens (EAA #808438, VAA #723276)
Germantown, WI
Bearhawk Plans #991, Bearhawk Patrol Plans #P313
If he's running into a wind, he just might get enough airspeed to "hop" for a moment, as one can do when kiting a paraglider in a moderate breeze (and there does seem to be wind noise in the microphone)... but no way is the wing flapping doing anything at all.
Looks fake to me.
For me, there's no hoax being perpetrated because they didn't do anything to warrant a "wow factor." There is no flying being done whatsoever. That nano second lift is a hop by the runner in a lame attempt to try and get airborne. The non-skeptical, logical, intuitive part of my brain says that a human being, no matter how well conditioned, with the most technologicaly advanced bird-like wings cannot run fast enough, cannot flap their arms fast enough or long enough to sustain anything resembling flight from a ground take-off. Let's discuss.
It would take a genetically engineered human with hollow bones (like birds) to be light enough to fly with birdlike wings. They have the wings - now they need to concentrate on developing a human with the correct characteristics to pull this off. Oh... and the wings will have to be modified to 'warp' like bird flight feathers.....
Cheers,
Jerry
NC22375
65LA out of 07N Pennsylvania
Very fake looking!
I'm thinking fake also.
Jim Hann
EAA 276294 Lifetime
Vintage 722607
1957 Piper PA-22/20 "Super Pacer"
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