Bionical Manta Ray and Penguins

[flateric]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQ3Xopxbqo

 

[saintkatanalegacy]

wow...

now I know want I want for Christmas ;D

 

[Abraham Gubler]

"Prove that it is possible to fly without loud engines and spinning propellers..."

Try to fly your lighter than air Manta Ray and Penguin outdoors and see how full of romantic fertiliser such a statement is.

 

[saintkatanalegacy]

nature understands itself better than man

 

[Abraham Gubler]

nature understands itself better than man

please...

nature understands itself better than some idiot voice over reading from a script written by another idiot

 

[hagaricus]

What it *does* prove is that a manta-ray inspired aerostatic ornithopter can fly quite impressively indoors.. And although I find it *really neat* it's probably more interesting in terms of materials and research than any real aeronautical application.

FWIW This is from episode 1 of "Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention". Episode 2 is all aerospace and would probably be of interest or entertainment value to many readers of this site.

 

[Grey Havoc]

That underwater robotic penguin that was briefly shown might make quite a good mine!