TheGoodBits Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 http://www.humanbirdwings.net/ Check this guys site out, and I highly encourage you to watch the videos, particularly the most recent from a couple days ago. Already 3+mil YouTube views so you might have already seen it. I can't embed the vid from my iPad but if someone wants to on a reply it would be much appreciated. Also sounds like he's cursing a bit in Dutch toward the end. Sounds a lot like our English curse words that are of German origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big#44 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Who wants to be the first to buy a set and test them out? Edit: Still pretty incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Who wants to be the first to buy a set and test them out? Give me a couple years, and if they aren't more than like $10k, and I will totally buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkFan8 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Been confirmed fake, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Been confirmed fake, I believe. After watching background info videos, I would be very very surprised if true. Looks very legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big#44 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I think personal forms of flying could very well be the next big frontier of travel that humans go for. ---------- Post added March-22nd-2012 at 07:40 PM ---------- Been confirmed fake, I believe. If its fake, i'll be a little disappointed. Such a very cool concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison Redskin Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I call BS. There is ZERO chance the dude flapping his arms is going to give him enough lift to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Watch the videos of the design and build process, particularly the 3d model. There's no way this guy put this much into it if it was fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison Redskin Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Watch the videos of the design and build process, particularly the 3d model. There's no way this guy put this much into it if it was fake. Unless he thought he'd get a ton of attention he could parlay into something else. I'm sorry, but I don't care what materials he used, how much time he spent designing it, etc. There is ZERO chance flapping his arms is going to give him the lift needed to fly. At best, it's a glider. At worst, it's a hoax. I suspect it's both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Unless he thought he'd get a ton of attention he could parlay into something else. I'm sorry, but I don't care what materials he used, how much time he spent designing it, etc. There is ZERO chance flapping his arms is going to give him the lift needed to fly. At best, it's a glider. At worst, it's a hoax. I suspect it's both. Can someone please post all the videos, particularly the engineering ones explaining the motor-assisted wings similar to those in prosthetic limbs, so please stop calling BS before actually watching them? Edit- stupid crappy apple product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison Redskin Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Can someone please post all the videos, particularly the engineering ones explaining the motor-assisted wings similar to those in prosthetic limbs, so please stop calling BS before actually watching them?Edit- stupid crappy apple product. Well, I just googled it and it's a fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Well, I just googled it and it's a fake. If true thats very disappointing, but I'm still skeptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Here's the OP video: GYW5G2kbrKk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison Redskin Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 If true thats very disappointing, but I'm still skeptical. You're skeptical of the designer saying it's a fake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 You're skeptical of the designer saying it's a fake? Just that someone would put that much into it if it was completely fake. It's not like he did a 45 second fake flying video and called it a day. Was it just the actual flight portion that is supposedly fake or the entire design and engineering process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 You're skeptical of the designer saying it's a fake? It's a conspiracy by the designer to withhold the technology and deprive me of the right to fly like a birdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Watching a guy flap a couple of 12-foot wings and take off like a bird is akin to watching a guy throw a rock into orbit. Mechanical intuition of the most basic variety should tell you it's not physically possible to do that. I'm not any kind of video expert, but the flapping motion of the guy's body during "takeoff" is pretty fake looking to boot. It's a great effect but there's a reason why it can't be made to look like natural human movement: it isn't. And that's before getting into any of the more technical issues, like how he's stable in the air without any kind of substantial tail fins or feathers, which are critical to the flight capabilities of birds and aircraft alike. An entertaining video, but clearly not real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Wonder if these are the same people who made that video where they were running on water (running on plexiglass an inch under the water). What's up with faking human feats? It's a bold face lie that is bound to be a letdown to anyone who may have an ounce of belief in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbol Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 The first time I saw the video was on snopes.com. Which of course they confirm that it's fake. Here's the link to the snopes.com page: http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/humanbirdwings.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Yeah I've been really pissed at this guy for going on 24 hours now. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Wonder if these are the same people who made that video where they were running on water (running on plexiglass an inch under the water). What's up with faking human feats? It's a bold face lie that is bound to be a letdown to anyone who may have an ounce of belief in it. That video was executed a heck of lot better than this one was because it didn't stray so far from the realm of plausibility. That aside, I don't really see the harm in these videos. Sure, you are inevitably letting down people who want to believe and are, likely, making an ass out of quite a few people who are especially gullible and insistent upon believing what they see. Nonetheless, suspending disbelief even if momentarily and forcing people to question what they know has some inherent level of value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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