h a l f b a k e r yI like this idea, only I think it should be run by the government.
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This would be a human powered ornithopter with bouncy weighted
wings.
The wings could be made bigger because of the weights (maybe at
the tips), and a resonance could be set up.
You would probably have to start this project off working only in still
air and then prototype up to something
sturdier.
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[-]. You do know that there are companies that let you go in real planes in exchange for money? |
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The weights wouldn't add energy, only store it, and at a much higher weight cost than other methods. |
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I like this as an adjunct to a conventional Hoppity Hop riding balloon, or possibly Rody. The idea being that the energy stored on prior hops makes increasingly high and long hops possible. I suspect that there would be a point of diminishing return, though. Maybe not. |
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Material science would have to come to the party with a very light and strong material that enjoys the bounce. |
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// and then prototype up to something stupider // |
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Oh, my mistake, I must fetch my reading glasses. |
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