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In case no one else notices, at 1:53 of the second video, when they run away from the wings and point the camera down at the grass for no apparent reason, you can see the video is spliced because the grass cuts to a different shot of grass before panning back up to the mythical wings in action.

Yep, it's an elaborate hoax that I'm guessing is just to make money, if even just via their millions of views on YouTube.

Too bad.

>> ^dag:

Pretty elaborate hoax if it is:


From http://humanbirdwings.net/
I'm right down the line on this one, but I'm going to go with REAL!

Fake, you can see the tire tracks of the thing that was pulling him to keep him aloft....that he also just happens to line up with perfectly as he flies.

And wings like that would push you up and down with equal force when flapping like that IMO. If the wings don't fold while going up they have the same surface area going up as going down and the same amount of air being pushed around in each direction.

This was really interesting as well.

Where was this confirmed a fake? Are you guys just assuming that cause he lied on his resume? I'm really only asking because I'm curious about the evidence that eventually tips this into the "fake" majority. It's just interesting. >> ^direpickle:

Admittedly I didn't watch this until it was confirmed fake, but I actually laughed aloud at how ridiculous the first part of the 'flight' looked.


>> ^dag:

OK. Fake. Sigh. Raise the jaded meter to 11.>> ^Ryjkyj:
"WIRED" magazine follow-up:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/human-bird-wings-hoax/
Also: WOW Never seen this one before.

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OK. Fake. Sigh. Raise the jaded meter to 11.>> ^Ryjkyj:

"WIRED" magazine follow-up:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/human-bird-wings-hoax/
Also: WOW Never seen this one before.

>> ^kymbos:

You're all fake!


hehe

also check this out someone already did a flapping one man flier ..probably on sift
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/emergingtech/human-powered-flapping-wing-plane-first-ever-to-take-flight-video/2388

"Built from carbon fiber, foam, and balsa wood, the Snowbird weighs just 94 lbs. and has a wingspan of 105 feet, which is comparable to that of a Boeing 737–amazingly, the Snowbird weighs less than all of the pillows on board.

The wings’ thrust is due primarily to a low-pressure region around the leading edge, which integrates to provide a force known as “leading-edge suction”. The wings also passively twist in response to the flapping. This is due to a structure that is torsionally compliant in just the right amount to allow efficient thrusting (”aeroelastic tailoring”). It should be noted, though, that twisting is required only to prevent flow separation on sections along the wing. It does not produce thrust in the same way as required by sharp-edged wings with little leading-edge suction."

Aside from other obvious aspects of it the most telling thing is that no person would fly that high without safety equipment especially with this kind of device.

other obvious points

1) the body language of the people walking away is really ridged

2) the volume decreases specifcaly so you can hear what the guy says its likely they redubed the sound over the top of the video. ( yet used crap quality film cameras)

3) wings are to small to provide life at such a low forwards momentum and flapping would simply detract from the lift provided.

4) if it was windy enoughf for lift then the guy would start to get lift before he moved ( you will see when birds go to fly if its a windy day extending there wings is prity much all it takes for them to begin flying.

5) you can see that the way he bobs up and down dosent look right at all

6) If you were doing this for real you would film it all with HD camaras and probably get sponsorship from a company to pay for it all.

7) the method of control would be too inprocise even if you went for automated flapping you would use some linear input for the pilot as a human does not have an intuitive sense for how arms should be flapped and then the whole system to translate that would be needlessly complex.

prevouse videos they have made all seem to have stiff acting , sound of the robotics added on top of the video and composited CGI.

>> ^renatojj:

Guys, THIS IS REAL, listen to the music, it filled me with so much hope. I watched it over and over, and I felt so inspired!
Also, in the end he stands there almost breathless speaking what must be the language of angels, I couldn't understand a single word


EXACTLY. You can't argue with that feeling of truthiness that builds in your cockles at music like that. I would've used "Teenage Wasteland" personally, but the idea is the same.

Yeah, but there's a shitload of "history" in the bible too. Hmmm...???>> ^dag:

But there's a shitload of history on that blog. It's a hell of a lot of content to produce for a video fake. If it is a hoax, I tip my hat to their thoroughness.

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April Fool isn't for 2 more weeks. I call real. Also, if you read the article it's clear that flapping does not equal un-powered. His motions are translated through gyro sensors and amplified through heavy-duty servo motors. Interestingly it seems the gyro sensors are from Nintendo Wii controllers and the processing power is from an Android phone.

I say to thee Icarus; don't fly too close to the sun.

It isn't fake per se, but it was windy as hell and he was more gliding than flapping. He would have had the same results without the flapping.