Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight 128
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from the ornithopters-are-just-hovering-in-the-wings dept.
from the ornithopters-are-just-hovering-in-the-wings dept.
An anonymous reader writes "AeroVironment, Inc. was awarded a Phase II contract extension in April from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and build a flying prototype for the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program. As part of this program AV has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved: the controlled hovering flight of an air vehicle system with two flapping wings (video) that carries its own energy source and uses only the flapping wings for propulsion and control. Two wings for propulsion and control, nothing else."
Apparently... (Score:4, Funny)
They can make flapping wing flying robots, but can't make a slashdot proof webserver, meh.
When can I buy a ridable griffon/dragon? (Score:3, Funny)
Clocks (Score:3, Funny)
This just in, Prototype lost to clock with bacteria digester system.
PETA responded with applause.
Re:Ouch (Score:3, Funny)
0 comments and it's already slashdotted.
What the hell is this? Who are all the noobs who went off to RTFA?!? Has /. been trolled? [xkcd.com]
I thought . . . (Score:4, Funny)
it was pretty cool.
There will be hummingbird looking things flying in and out of your nearest neighborhood crime syndicate office monitoring their activities.
Who needs wiretapping now?
Oh, and I think hummingbirds have prior art.
Re:Ouch (Score:4, Funny)
Well, if everyone in slashdot was like me, we all wanted to see if it flaps like a vulture or like a hummingbird before posting...
European vulture, or African?
Re:When can I buy a ridable griffon/dragon? (Score:4, Funny)
I'm confused (Score:2, Funny)