Première mondiale: a plane à pédales vole in battant des ailes

Un étudiant de l’université de Toronto vient d’accomplir une pre­mière mon­diale en fai­sant voler un avion à pédales, bat wings like a bird. photo AFP

This human dream, esquissé notam­ment par Léo­nard de Vinci au XVe siècle, has been the month accom­pli Tot­ten­ham der­nier, close to Toronto, à bord d’un “ornithoptère” […]

Misc: je fais de la musique avec mes moteursRigolo: I make music with my engines

A demonstration of the speed of a jet engine MK. The guy likes to make music with just the change in engine speed, which modifies the sound of the propeller. If you look closely, we see the propeller blades twist in the resistance of the air they compress. Oncons­tate bien sur ces […]

Expérience sur les turbulencesExpérience sur les turbulences

I just did a little experiment, néces­si­tant une grande abné­ga­tion car il a fallu que je me mette dans ma piscine (31°).

He was trying to visualize the turbulence created by a tube placed in the flow of fluid. Not easy to see what happens in the air of a propeller, en tout cas, je n’ai […]

Hélice monopaleHélice monopale

One problem that arises when you carry a MK is its compact. We might ask as I look at removing or folding frame.

Oui, but now, propellers are very fragile, and bulky. To overcome the arm to protect the propeller is overflowing idea, mais […]

Un MK très agileUn MK très agile

This is a MK can, is very impressive.

There is a trick, this MK has a very advanced steering assistance. Difficult to do manually.

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