- An
ornithopter (from Gr**** ornis, ornith- 'bird' and
pteron 'wing') is an
aircraft that
flies by
flapping its wings.
Designers sought to
imitate the flapping-wing...
- The
UTIAS Ornithopter No.1 (registration C-GPTR) is an
ornithopter that was
built in
Canada in the late 1990s. On 8 July 2006, it took off
under its own...
-
ornithopter (from Gr****
roots ornithos- "bird" and
pteron "wing") is an
aircraft that
flies by
flapping its wings. In the Dune universe,
ornithopters...
- The
Snowbird is a human-powered
ornithopter that was
built as a
project of the
University of
Toronto Institute for
Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). Snowbird...
- production; some
printed works do not
depict this component.
Wookiee ornithopters appear in
Revenge of the Sith. The
craft was
originally known as the...
- support.
Caldwell then
turned to an even more
bizarre aircraft design, an
ornithopter. The
wings were
equipped with
flexible fabric valves which were supposed...
-
ultimately turns a propeller, or in the case of
earlier prototypes, an
ornithopter mechanism. Often, a
hybrid system is used;
where during a
certain amount...
- The
design for the
ornithopters was
conceived by
Villeneuve and
storyboard artist Sam Hudecki.
Villeneuve wanted the
ornithopter to be "muscular"; he...
- On
October 24, 2023, The LEGO
Group announced a Lego set
based on the
ornithopter that
appears in the 2021 film Dune. The set is
aimed at an 18+ audience...
-
aerial machines drawn by Leonardo,
including an
early parachute, an
ornithopter and a hang glider. The pen-and-ink
sketch outlines an idea for a flying...
