The Process of Making Flapping Wing Aircraft Snowbird [PICS & VIDS]

Canada has made an ornithopter, an aircraft that flies by flapping it's wings.
Ornithopter word comes from Greek: ornithos which means bird and pteron which means wing. The machines are of two general types: those with engines, and those powered by the muscles of the pilot. While these guys from Canada built ornithopter powered by muscles of the pilot.



Engineer PhD candidate University of Toronto Institute majoring in Aerospace Studies, Todd Reichert, has achieved the best performance since Leonardo Da Vinci, who has been sketching plane engines, which are driven by human power. Todd even had made this machine fly for 19.3 seconds, and covers a distance of 145 metres at an average speed of 25.6 kilometres per hour. Todd artificial ornithopter are named with the name 'Snowbird'.

The aircraft is primarily made from wire, carbon fibre, and wood. It weighs only 94 pounds (42 kilograms) despite having a 105-foot wingspan comparable to a Boeing 737. The pilot moves the aircraft wing with the pedals just like a bike, so the wings can flapping and fly. This is one of the most efficient way to produce energy by using the human body.