Your most beautiful Ornithopter's photos

[KOROBELNIK]

Kinkade's Parkhawk
Photo R.K
(Moderator's note: I simply resized the image so that it will fit the page.)

[eflyer1234]

This is my favorite, old technology with new....

[KOROBELNIK]

From Tim( Ruymbecke) to Skybird ( S.Kinkade)

[Jerry Rose]

:cool:

[Jerry Rose]

Inspired by KOROBELNIK :cool:

[eflyer1234]

Jerry,

My wife just saw your picture and says your bird is cute!

:eek:

-Jeffrey

[Ed Couch]

Many flights and shes still kicking, its been a blast to see folks face when they see her take flight. Sean hurry up with the little bird. ed

[Jerry Rose]

I decided to make use of my White Wing and give it a Patriotic theme. I hope Permanent Sharpies don't bleed!

[Jerry Rose]

Here it is from a different angle:

[KOROBELNIK]

Kempf's Piaf and Kinkade's Parkhawk, flew together from the 2003 world salon of the model in Paris.
Regards
R.Korobelnik

[Don Sims]

Great photos gents!!

[dhkites]

This is my Kestrel during a low pass.

[mhackney]

All built up and no where to fly.

Michael

[FrancisG]

Venetian Kestrel

[FrancisG]

Venetian Kestrel

[Jerry Rose]

Very cool mask on that bird Francis!:cool:

[FrancisG]

Thank you, Jerry. Your PPH is beautiful, very good paint.
The head of my K, actually. But "pas terrible" in french ...

[KOROBELNIK]

Salut Francis,
Bravo pour le Design.
J'aime beaucoup ta personnalisation .Cela rappelle un peu la tête d'un petit condor.
Cordialement.
Robert Korobelnik

[KOROBELNIK]

Hello Francis,
Bravo for the Design.
I like very much your personalization Reminds a little the head of a small condor.
Regards
Robert Korobelnik

[kaja]

A little color and it looks better. It is advantage of depron material, you can make your own color design and depron wing soars better then sail wing.
Regards Karel

http://pustka.bei.t-online.de/Vogel3.jpg

[KOROBELNIK]

Nice!
Which is the name of your bird?
Regards
Robert Korobelnik

[kaja]

Robert,
i do not have name till now, can you give me one suitable?
Karel

[KOROBELNIK]

My Electric Skybird is a Male or a Female?
Curious look for answer!
Regards
Robert Korobelnik ;)

[aeropenguin]

KOROBELNIK, I love your ornits! That last gigantic one must flap like a tornado!

How about an ornithopter that weighs less than 1/4 of an ounce, and it's FREE FLIGHT!!!???!!!

[aeropenguin]

here's a closeup
it's from the book, "building & flying indoor model airplanes", by Ron Williams, copyright 1984.

[Kev71H]

KOROBELNIK

Where can I buy a 7FT Ornithopter???????????

Anyone???????????

I need one of these things! LOL

[eflyer1234]

though hard to come by, you can check our website, www.jgrc.biz and look under the aircraft tab at the ornithopters. Sorry to say that the large one there is not 7 feet but 8.5.

-Jeffrey

[aeropenguin]

WOW Jeffrey, you don't have to opologize that you do not have one that's 7ft. I am not Kev71H, but I think people were thinking, the bigger the better.

8.5ft is CRAZY COOL :cool:

What kind of E motor would it require?

[eflyer1234]

It needs something capable of 450+ watts. I am using a Hacker C40-8L on 10 2600auup cells and a Jeti 70 controller. It is pulling around 60-65 amps for 600+ watts of power. The people that have launched it for me say that when they launch, only every other step touches the ground as they are being lifted with the bird. :-)

[Jerry Rose]

That is a MANLY Ornithopter! Do you offer rides?

[aeropenguin]

Originally posted by eflyer1234
It needs something capable of 450+ watts. I am using a Hacker C40-8L on 10 2600auup cells and a Jeti 70 controller. It is pulling around 60-65 amps for 600+ watts of power. The people that have launched it for me say that when they launch, only every other step touches the ground as they are being lifted with the bird. :-)

OH MAN! I WANT ONE! I guess I should first learn to fly fix-wing a little better, then fly a park-halk, since they are easier/smaller, then go to the big skybird, If I ever want to fly it.

I wish I had enough pennies for one! And then, even more pennies for the motor!!

Sigh........

Maybe in a few years though.

-aeroP

[KOROBELNIK]

On June 25, My Electric Skybird fly with PLANES and HELICO from the best french pilots.( AGENORIA'S CUP=Mini TOC)
Flapping flight is now recognized and very appreciated in France.
Regards. Robert Korobelnik

[aeropenguin]

Robert, you own the 102in flapping beast I was talking about????????????????

[KOROBELNIK]

Aeropenguin,

My machine has a scale of 2,20Metres to penetrate into strong winds.Length is 1,20 m ;weight is 2,7 kg
Charge Alaire: 22g/dm² (MKSA ;metric system)

Regards
R.Korobelnik

[eflyer1234]

In other words he has the 84 inch version. This bird has been made available with both 7 and 8+ foot wingspans.

[aeropenguin]

:cool: cool :cool: !

[n111kx]

Thanks to Hobbytechnik for the fast shipment of a missing part, I hope to fly it on the morning...
Kip

[KOROBELNIK]

Already 3 commercialized Birds, without counting those to come!
Bravo Hobbytechnik for the variety of your production!
Regards
R.Korobelnik

[valkyrie83]

Here is a picture of a more current indoor freeflight ornithopter design (not mine, I've never built an ornithopter). The record is well over 15 minutes. This model weighed 1.2g according to the plan. You're lucky if you get to see one fly, they are really amazing.

~Geoff~

[KOROBELNIK]

Do you think of the same thing as me?
Regards
Robert Korobelnik

[KOROBELNIK]

Pagase 2

[cadcoke3]

I've never seen such a good looking horse inflatable.

Where was this picture taken?

What was the material it was made from? Most inflatables are rip-stop nylon, and leak air a bit, so they must have a constant flow of air from a fan. I am guessing vinyl?

Joe

[KOROBELNIK]

Cadcoke3,

I made this photo last year for the international Kites meeting of Dieppe in France.
It is an unique model.
The envelope is in spinnaker and the body is a structure inflated with helium (No fan).

Regards
R.Korobelnik
http://ovirc.free.fr

[aeropenguin]

Wow - it's a kite you say???
Aaw, you had me thinking it was another ornit for as second there. Lots of drag, huuh!!
-Michael

[dmoran]

hmmm... if the body is full of helium, the wings would only have to provide forward thrust. If you had the ballast set for the model to slowly sink and had the wings set to give a little positive thrust, it should fly with only a little power. Not sure if the tail would give you enough directional control though. It would have to be indoor only I think. Just throwing out a little late night stream of conscience brain storming... (ok, I'm drunk)

Dennis

[KOROBELNIK]

I clarify that it is about a kite and that wings are not mobile.
It is not me who made this kite
I took the photo only.
Maybe one of you will be capable of exploiting the idea, and of realizing a horse( or Penguin ) which flapping wings.
Regards
R.Korobelnik

[KOROBELNIK]

Pegasus Kite
Designer :Marc Duguay
Website :http://perso.club-internet.fr/m1508/fra/pegasus.htm
Regards
Robert Korobelnik
http://ovirc.free.fr

[aeropenguin]

Originally posted by KOROBELNIK
a horse( or Penguin ) which flapping wings.

NOW we're talking!!! :)

Actually, I've realy wanted to make a lightweight "full-scale" 1:1 penguin out of balsa formers and streamers, with the following intersting ideas(not an ornit, however):
1. vertical takeoff.
2. ducted fan, DD Mega 16/15. Intake=mouth, and blast it out the rear end :D
3. Hobby Lobby smoke system hatch and tray, smoke commin out the butt!
4. feet used as landing gear immediately retract to parallel to the body becoming the horizontal stabilizer. Toes are the elevator. Tail is the traditional ornithopter kind where the whole thing pivots up/down, and to turn youpivot the tail left right on the axis perpendicular to the tail, not horizontal.
5. to land, you come into a hover close to the ground, then decrease throttle for a slow hover-in landing. :D
If anybody every makes this, tell me, I'll use it for an avitar!!! :D
-Michael

[Jerry Rose]

The biggest problem I see with your Vertical Takeoff and Land version of a Penguin is that the poor little birds have such small wings. They would really have to buzz to get any lift. However ...

Given their need to store fat, penguins are known for their rather round bodies. Why not combine the science of ornithopterie with that of blimperie? Fill the body with helium, thus reducing the lift requirement! Then the sky would be the limit.

[Jerry Rose]

I think I can!

[Jerry Rose]

I thought you might like this gif Aeropenguin! Enjoy.

[aeropenguin]

Thanks Jerry!!!!! Wow - never thought of that! I also really like the helium idea, but I want it to fly, not float. A little hilium should make too many people suspicious though. :) Or I can just forget all the above and make a penguin blimp like the pegasus above, just a blimp version - actually, I could still use the ducted fan for forward, and the tail for a rudder instad of a side-ways fan...
Why are you so anxious to delete the av though?
-Michael
P.S. if by deleting the av you meant deleting your posts above, then I'll edit this post to take out the referances to the avitar.

[aeropenguin]

Jerry,
Pengys don't fly in the first place, what are you talking about? Only under water....they use it as a rudder prolly, but not wagging back and forth. Not all of them do at least.
Anyway, it's a cute touch on it. :)
-Michael

[cadcoke3]

Only the really ambitious penguins can fly in the air. You can tell they are around because you can hear them chanting "I think I can... I think I can..."

Joe

[Jerry Rose]

What Joe said ... that's what I meant!

[aeropenguin]

lol !
Sounds like a drag to make though, especially if you make one single sheet which curles up to take the shape of a pengy..I wonder how the guy made that pegasus?!
-Michael

[dhkites]

I have managed to take some photos of my Kestrel with the new Buzzard wings and tail attached, I will post them here soon. Trying to take pictures while controlling the bird was not easy so I don't know how the pictures of it in flight will turn out, but I do have a few close ups of it on the ground. The wings were made for me by the guys at R and R Model Aircraft after I showed them my drawings, they have turned out exactly as I drew them.

[f1flyer]

Here's one of my Park Parrot.

Still creates a lot of attention wherever it goes, and it looks superb in flight on a dead calm day. Wind is something to be avoided though, if you want to keep it all under control.

[dhkites]

As promised here is a picture of my Kestrel with the Buzzard wings and tail in place.

[dhkites]

.....and another of it in flight.

[Jerry Rose]

That Buzzard/Kestral looks awesome! Great design work!

[Don Sims]

Great shots guys!!
Don

[dhkites]

here's another picture in flight...

[KOROBELNIK]

Beautiful work!
Which method: joining(assembly) by sewing machine or sticking?
Regards
Robert Korobelnik

[dhkites]

Most of the construction is by sticking as normal, the only part that is sewn is the diagonal of the brown to the grey and white pieces. The black highlights are cut out and stuck onto the wings.

[KOROBELNIK]

Dhkites,
Thank You and still Bravo!
Others Projects?
Regards
Robert Korobelnik

[Starwrek]

Dave Holt designed a beautiful wing pattern which we manufactured for him. If anyone else wants something a "little different" than the others, please check out either the paint guide using Model Master Acryl paints on our site or we can make special wing for you. Contact us at www.randrmodelaircraft.com

[dhkites]

If anyone is interested I also have designs for an Osprey and a Bald Eagle. Email me and I will post them to you.
Email: dhkites@hotmail.com

[KOROBELNIK]

Reagards
Robert Korobelnik

[KOROBELNIK]

From Dream to reality.
Regards
OVIRK Robert Korobelnik
http://ovirc.free.fr

[MicroHeli-Nut]

That's a cool osprey, but do the birds think that it's an osprey? My guess is yess because of the size and colour. ??

[QuietRiot]

Don't know if I'd consider this as "beautiful" but here is mine -(since specked out and flew away somewhere too far to find)

F.I.P. (flap in peace)

[aeropenguin]

QuietRiot, I think all ornithopters are beautiful as long as they work, and especially if they were bought as a kit and have a real head and realisticly painted wings!!! I am very sad to hear it go!
-Michael

[QuietRiot]

Actually, the finger feathers are vinyl. Paint would be better, though as long as it won't bleed on the ripstop. The head is EPP mainly for damage control...

[dhkites]

Very nice.

I am currently developing a 3D head and body for my Buzzard. I will post pictures soon.

[derk]

on the subject of penguins, why not try a flapping submarine type thing?
use the wings to propell it in the water!

[mhackney]

MIT has created the RoboTuna which swims like a real tuna: http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/t/towtank/www/tuna/pictures.html. Very cool.

[chris delph]

ok , i think i fancy having a go at this flaping wing thing anyone know where in England ( you know the small iland 26 miles from France) to get one , actually what one should one start with ?

[KOROBELNIK]

Flight towards the Eiffel Tower.
Regards
R.K

[Keith43221]

Wow, this things RUDE! I would love to have one of these.
(adds to list after helicopter.)

[zbandito]

there are videos of them flying that you can view online if you search around a bit

[zbandito]

8.5' wingspan sound fun btw ;)

[indoorff]

The ornithopter I made has a 3" span, and weighs 0.45g . It flys for over 30 seconds. Flapping rate is between 40 and 50 times per second.

Chris

[Jerry Rose]

That's really cute! I am amazed that balsa can handle the loads when flapping that fast. Wowzers!

[indoorff]

Originally posted by Jerry Rose
That's really cute! I am amazed that balsa can handle the loads when flapping that fast. Wowzers!

Actually, the wing spars are boron fiber, so it seems to handle it no problem. So far, after many flights, nothing has worn out or broken.

Chris

[KOROBELNIK]

Salon Mondial de la maquette à PARIS du 10 au 18 Avril 2004
Regards
Robert Korobelnik

[Graham Stabler]

The "Cat's Whiskers" by John Mack, it flys nicely when trained and looks like a real insect as John has gone for highly flexible wing spars.

Oh and yes the wing spars are whiskers from a cat.

Graham

Edit: hang on the image is too big

[Wufnu]

I have to see that fly. Do you have any video?

[Graham Stabler]

Unfortunately not. I am not even sure we could capture it, it is very hard to follow with a camcorder and just had hard to focus on.

[Patricia J B]

Hello Everyone......You can see photo's and development notes
of John Mack's wonderful ornithopters at
http://www.ornithopter-pilot.com/Ornithopter_Researcher's_Forum.html
....scroll down the page until you reach his section !
Cheers, Patricia

[Graham Stabler]

I didn't know about that site, excellent stuff. How is your Behemoth comming?

Graham

[mduguay1508]

I've never seen such a good looking horse inflatable.

Where was this picture taken?

What was the material it was made from? Most inflatables are rip-stop nylon, and leak air a bit, so they must have a constant flow of air from a fan. I am guessing vinyl?

Joe

Hello everybody, I am quite late, but here are the answers :
The outside is ripstop and two sealed polyethylene bags fit inside. They are inflated with normal air, not helium. Two bags were needed, because spars and strings pass through the body. A Z shaped one fills the head and back, above the hardware, while a H shaped bag fills the legs and belley. The bags cannot withstand pressure, so they were made larger than the outer shell so that the latter handles the necessary strenght. A simple clear plastic tube is used as a valve; once bent more than 90 degrees, it is airtight.
Should you have any questions about its construction, do not hesitate to contact its owner !
MD

[KOROBELNIK]

Meganeura rc flapping dragonfly
Robert Korobelnik

[snakeX2]

nice!

[KOROBELNIK]

Vertical Take off !

[KOROBELNIK]

More Photos : http://ovirc.free.fr/ornithopteres_ovirk.php

[Jerry Rose]

Your dragonfly looks like something out of the Paleozoic Era - before the first dinosaurs appeared. It is absolutely dangerous looking: as if it wants to fly over and suck all the blood out of someones body!! Wow!

[KOROBELNIK]

I found this photo and it deserves to appear in this Thread.
I am certain that Willi ,will appreciate !

[wmueller10]

,,,

[KOROBELNIK]

The man with wings is not a madman.
He is a former hunting pilot who studies human flight for years.
When I shall have more time, I shall try of contact him.
I can not reveal his name without his permission.
Robert