Is an ornithopter a sport plane?

[gigawatt]

This is a cool sport plane!

http://www.egsystems.com/pfc/images/support/jgrc/jgrc.htm

http://www.nesail.com/Ornithopter/parkhawk.htm

Hi, I have been waiting for a long time,
today I have one of these coming.
See if it will loop and hover:_):D

Jeffrey still has some left.

Andre

[Jerry Rose]

Gigawatt: Thanks for the link to Jeffrey. He has a different picture of the ParkHawk that really lets you see the size of this thing! Isn't it neat! :cool:

I've been looking at all sorts of planes - trying to find my next one, but this baby stands out as one of a kind. Now, I am just saving my pennies, nickles and dimes because this is my next flyin' machine.

Does anyone know of a video of this bird flying? I cann't find any yet.

[gnofliwr]

The orni I'm interested in is this one

[img src=http://www.chez.com/truefly/Images/truef5.jpg]

Here's a link to the English site < http://www.chez.com/truefly/Images/trueflya.htm

It has got a rigid wing and flys on a Speed 280 with an 8x350 mAh pack for 4-5 minutes. I exchanged a couple of e'mails with Albert a year ago. He claims to be interested in kitting it, but it doesn't appear he's actively pursuing it.

P.S. Sorry for the lack of image - I've tried attaching or imbedding the picture a half dozen ways and it doesn't seem to work any more.

[dave_lilley]

FYI...

There is an Ornithopters (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=101) forum on RC Groups.

Dave

[GWRIGHT]

I've seen Sean's ornithopters fly on numerous occasions. He lives in mount Dora,..just north of Orlando, and has flown demonstrations at various events around central florida. His "birds" fly very well. The "big" one is really quite large,.. must be around a 6 foot span,..and flies on a little OS12 car motor,..geared at over 100 to 1 ! I just saw the sp300 one for the first time last november at the mulberry helicopter funfly (he demo'ed it a few times). I was quite impressed with not only the power, but the runtime.

[Jerry Rose]

Originally posted by gnofliwr
The orni I'm interested in is this one.
Sorry for the lack of image - I've tried attaching or imbedding the picture a half dozen ways and it doesn't seem to work any more.

I posted an Image of the TrueFly over in RC Groups Discussion / Special Interest / Ornithopters. The link is: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37138