If even the slightest turbulence during a flight gets you in your bag, you will never want to get on board. Russian armament which he uses flapping wings to take flight. But it shows that Mother Nature’s designs can be surpassed to one day revolutionize air travel.
It’s not the first time we’ve managed to reverse the ingenuity of how airborne creatures like insects and birds fly into the sky. In fact, mechanical ornithopters (planes that fly through a flap mechanism) are so common that people have been building elastic versions of wood and balsa paper for years. For $ 40 you can buy one remote control robotic bird this is surprisingly maneuverable for a toy. The awesome of this device called Serenity, it looks like it was based on one of them The many sketches of Da Vinci of potential flying machines, is their scale.
The Russian-built ornithopter is proof that the approach of the wing in flight is not just an option for small insects or birds that have a skeletal structure and bodies designed to be as light as possible. With a fuselage that appears to be about 10 feet long, three sets of winged wings, and all the mechanisms, links, cables, and batteries needed to create the beating movement, serenity is easily heavier than even the most flying creatures. grains we have on Earth. It doesn’t seem big enough to accommodate a human passenger or pilot, but that’s just a matter of scale and funding; future versions of Serenity could be even bigger.
The constant up and down movement of the wings makes the Serenity look like it will provide a rugged ride for anyone trying to get on board, but in the same way birds can keep their head stabilized by flapping their wings madly. , there is no doubt that it is a complication that can be overcome with more engineering. But why do it all when the planes work well?
Modern aircraft rely on forward motion to create elevation above the wings and stay at altitude, which provides jet engines or propellers that generate thrust, both very noisy solutions. It also means that planes have a minimum speed that they must maintain or else they will stop and fall from the sky. Using the movements of a plane’s wings to generate lift opens up incredible potential for maneuverability, as anyone who has seen a dragonfly as it throws around hunting mosquitoes or a hummingbird carefully drinking a flower can prove it while still in flight. Serenity does not come close to air and even its ability to direct is limited, but it shows exciting potential. Will a Boeing 777 ever fly its giant wings? Probably not, but winged wings are certainly a safer alternative to hooking up a jet engine to people’s backs as a solution to personal flight.