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16. HPO The Snowbird
1 year ago
Video courtesy of Todd Reichert, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)

For more information about the Human-powered Ornithopter, please visit:
hpo.ornithopter.net/
youtube.com/user/OrnithopterProject

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  • Sean Galbraith 1 year ago
    Congratulations! That's pretty damn excellent.
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  • Gene Wood 1 year ago
    Todd, it looks like the domain that you list at the end of your video, ornithopter.ca, is just a domain squatters domain. You may want to update your video or figure out why that domain is pointing to a squater.
  • U of T Engineering plus 1 year ago
    Hi Gene, the correct URL is hpo.ornithopter.net/ You can also find out more on our website: engineering.utoronto.ca/page1410.aspx
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  • Oscar Alonso 1 year ago
    Excellent job! BTW, Where did you get the music sound track for the video? It's very cool as well.
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  • Excellent job, citizen.
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  • Doron Dekel 1 year ago
    Bravo!
    I was a bit disappointed to see it needed assistance to take off. It was also not clear from the video how the plane is controlled, if it all. I guess autonomous take off and direction/pitch control are the next big challenges ...
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  • LCDoering plus 1 year ago
    Brilliant from all perspectives!
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  • shane simmons 1 year ago
    How come no one noticed that the plane only took off because a car pulled it with a rope and then all it did was glide a short distance before touching down again. This plane DID NOT look like it flew because of the wings slightly flapping. It just glided like any other glider. This video does not show a plane flying from human power in any way. It just shows a glider with wings that move a little. Its rediculas.
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  • suVasH 1 year ago
    soundtrack please ! please..... !
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  • farts mcgee 1 year ago
    so its a glider that does a silly flapping thing with its wings no significant lift is generated it just dips and rises
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  • Iain Phillips 1 year ago
    How is this different from a glider - a car was needed to make it launch and it didn't fly anywhere near as high.

    There's no guarantee there that the flapping is even helping.
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  • farts mcgee 1 year ago
    I also think that the "record" won't be ratified.
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  • farts mcgee 1 year ago
    The main issue is I got all hyped up based on the intro and then bam look at this goofy glider, also impossible is nothing!!!! hahaha
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  • Davide Togni 1 year ago
    Amazing!
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  • Luke Skaff 1 year ago
    "Impossible is Nothing" hahahaha, I really hope this is a joke of the below video that was the laughing stock of the internet a few years back
    flixya.com/video/1700549/Impossible_is_Nothing
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  • rickflick 1 year ago
    Great work folks!
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