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Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by ElectGINeer(m): 10:54am On Nov 28, 2015
I think you to put the Weather into consideration, It changes.
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Nobody: 1:53am On Nov 29, 2015
ElectGINeer:
I think you to put the Weather into consideration, It changes.
unfortunately, it does.
wind does mess a lot of stuff up.
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Nobody: 7:17pm On Nov 30, 2015
Hey Guys!

here are scratch photos. intended to indicate proportions. as you can see, the wing is twice as long as the entire body. the engine pack as well, is bulky. of course, it wouldn't be exactly shaped like that when it's done, but i need some ideas. This is just concept art, so calm down on the criticism. angry

so, I'm going to start learning AutoCAD soon, and doing more physics and mathematics, and HOPEFULLY, by next year, we can start talking of working designs.

cc dekatron, sirwere (what sort of moniker is this? grin), incorrect, booyakasha, and johnydon22 . . . also, our resident pessimist, the His Excellency, Robinhez cool

Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Booyakasha(f): 7:30pm On Nov 30, 2015
Teempakguy:
Hey Guys!

here are scratch photos. intended to indicate proportions. as you can see, the wing is twice as long as the entire body. the engine pack as well, is bulky. of course, it wouldn't be exactly shaped like that when it's done, but i need some ideas. This is just concept art, so calm down on the criticism. angry

so, I'm going to start learning AutoCAD soon, and doing more physics and mathematics, and HOPEFULLY, by next year, we can start talking of working designs.

cc dekatron, sirwere (what sort of moniker is this? grin), incorrect, booyakasha, and johnydon22 . . . also, our resident pessimist, the His Excellency, Robinhez cool
Amazing, what did you use to design this?

You'll need some high tech and some math to make the wings flap and stabilize without flipping over and scattering all over the place.
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Nobody: 7:42pm On Nov 30, 2015
Booyakasha:
Amazing, what did you use to design this?

You'll need some high tech and some math to make the wings flap and stabilize without flipping over and scattering all over the place.
If i hear say you be female . . . lipsrsealed lipsrsealed'(


Anyway, I had to use one artistic design software called blender to do it. since AutoCAD was . . . well, a pain to learn. sad
predictably, this happened.

And yeah, i guess i need a lot of math. Which is by the way, getting more and more unpleasant to me as I advance into higher topics. sad

High tech however . . . Programming rocks! grin grin
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Booyakasha(f): 8:19pm On Nov 30, 2015
Lol at teempakguy, i believe therefore i am, you never know, i might be the girl 1km away. grin

btw, who will fund this? this design is easy but you need cash man... I can use a windows or andriod phone motherboard and a GPU to build the core and mind of this system, but the mechanicals man... we can't build the mechanicals from scratch in 50yrs without funding...
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Nobody: 9:00pm On Nov 30, 2015
Booyakasha:
Lol at teempakguy, i believe therefore i am, you never know, i might be the girl 1km away. grin

btw, who will fund this? this design is easy but you need cash man... I can use a windows or andriod phone motherboard and a GPU to build the core and mind of this system, but the mechanicals man... we can't build the mechanicals from scratch in 50yrs without funding...
This is what i like to call a large timescale project. to be realistic, I'm not expecting the completion of this project within the next . . . quarter decade?

The reason i Chose the project was because of the relative simplicity, the fact that it's never been achieved before, and most importantly, the amount of fields required to make it work. you need people ranging from biologists to physicists to mec
hanical engineers to programmers and probably even chemists or nanotechnologists to work on this. It is perfect for a massive collaboration.

now, as regards to the mechanicals, We have two options. Hydraulics or artificial muscle. both are . . . daunting.

but seriously? an android motherboard? shocked shocked
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Nobody: 9:16pm On Nov 30, 2015
Eehhhhhhhh................. This design looks cool but......... Why does it remind me of a fan bladehuh
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Nobody: 1:01am On Dec 01, 2015
SirWere:
Eehhhhhhhh................. This design looks cool but......... Why does it remind me of a fan bladehuh
hehehe grin
It reminds you of a fan blade because it is the exact same thing. It is a blade that pushes air down. just like a fan does. This one won't be as sharp as your average fan though. and you won't be able to reach it. as you can see, the box wraps around the torso, preventing the hand from going back under the wings.
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Dekatron(m): 6:39pm On Dec 01, 2015
Teempakguy:
Hey Guys!

here are scratch photos. intended to indicate proportions. as you can see, the wing is twice as long as the entire body. the engine pack as well, is bulky. of course, it wouldn't be exactly shaped like that when it's done, but i need some ideas. This is just concept art, so calm down on the criticism. angry

so, I'm going to start learning AutoCAD soon, and doing more physics and mathematics, and HOPEFULLY, by next year, we can start talking of working designs.

cc dekatron, sirwere (what sort of moniker is this? grin), incorrect, booyakasha, and johnydon22 . . . also, our resident pessimist, the His Excellency, Robinhez cool
Hey teem. I have resumed at sch, I may not reply mentions on time. . .




How did you draw that?? Right now, I am struggling to think about how to build a vending machine . . . . . . . And I don't have a dime. . . .




@Topic :- well, TBH, I haven't thought about it cos I have alot of thinking stuffs. . . As soon as I settle, I'd chip in some ideas relating to the electronics that will power it. . . Thats what I have an idea of. . . Electronics
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Nobody: 11:07pm On Jun 23, 2018
Slimzjoe:
Robinhez bring money make we Process Visa Send Teem Outta these Country so he's Dreams and Fantasies won't go to waste.
LOL, after all these years, this statement finally makes sense to me. grin.

but then you won't believe I'm still on this, and I've taken a slight diversion into tech blogging to try generate cash to continue the project.

but at any rate, this thread continues to be my log book.

I'm back.
Re: Who Has Seen Smartbird? Discussion Thread For Novel ways to fly. by Nobody: 11:27pm On Jun 23, 2018
Now, it turned out that making a human size ornithopter is a suicide project. not because it would work, but because it wouldn't matter. too many fundamental issues like even if it did work, it wouldn't be very stable or useful. especially since the proliferation of quadcopters which are amazing at stability.

so now it's more or less an hobby project, to build an ornithopter and see how big I can go. just for fun and science.
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