Title:
Man Powered Flight in 1929
Author: Alexander Lippisch
Source: Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Volume 64,
July 1960
Description: Detailed account of Lippisch manned ornithopter
flown in 1929. |
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Title:
Typenhandbuch des deutschen Luftfahrttecknik
Author: Bruno Lange
Source: Bernard und Gräfe Verlag, Koblenz, 1986. Page 229.
Description: Describes two manned ornithopters flown by Adalbert
Schmid of Pause aircraft company in 1942 and 1947. Also describes
the Mücke sport plane developed by Schmid in 1939. (German
language) |
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Title:
Ich revolutioniere mit schlagenden Schwingen die Sportfliegerei
Author: Adalbert Schmid
Source: Weltluftfahrt, Volume 1, Issue 9, March 1950, page 195
Description: Adalbert Schmid describes his manned ornithopter
flights of the 1940s. With photos of the 1942 ornithopter prior
to addition of motor. (German language) |
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Title:
Model Ornithopters
Author: R. H. Parham
Source: Aeromodeller Annual, 1937, pages 106-109.
Description: Article about rubber-band-powered ornithopters,
with construction plan.
Parham's design was the prototype for many subsequent indoor
ornithopters. |
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Title:
Ornithopter Experiments
Author: D.J. Laidlaw-Dickson
Source: Aeromodeller, October 1946
Description: Various rubber and engine-driven ornithopters
are described and illustrated.
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Title:
Flapping Wing Flight in Nature and Science
Author: Karl Herzog
Source: Aeromodeller Annual, 1964-1965, pages 44-57
Description: Describes various manned and unmanned ornithopters.
Construction details for the innovative rubber-powered ornithopters
of Erich von Holst. Translated and condensed from Herzog's series
of articles in Mechanikus. For the complete series of articles
in German, visit www.ornithopter.de. |
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Title:
Deutsche Luftwacht Modellflug
Author: NS Fliegerkorps
Source: Deutsche Luftwacht Modellflug, December 1943
Description: Newsletter with photos and description of some
early engine-powered ornithopters. Construction details are
provided. (German language) |
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Title:
Schwingenflugmodell des NSFK
Author: Alexander Lippisch
Source: NS Fliegerkorps, Berlin, 1938
Description: Theoretical treatment of flapping wings. Also includes
construction plan for large
rubber-powered ornithopter Libelle. (German language) |
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Title:
Schwingenflugmodelle Chalupsky
Author: unknown
Source: Flugsport, 1937
Description: Ornithopters of Vincenz Chalupsky, powered by compressed
air. (German language) |
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Title:
The complete book of model aircraft, spacecraft, and rockets
Author: Louis H. Hertz
Source: Bonanza Books, 1968
Description: Partial book chapter describing engine-powered
ornithopters of Harry D. Graulich and Percival H. Spencer.
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Title:
Spencer Orniplane Plans
Author: Percival H. Spencer
Source: Jack Stephenson
Description: Flown in 1960, it is the earliest known radio-controlled
ornithopter.
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Title:
The Flapper
Author: Robert Horak
Source: Model Airplane News, July 1943
Description: Plans and article
for building Robert Horak's record-setting outdoor ornithopter.
Resembles Lippisch rubber-powered ornithopter. |
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Title:
Flapperoo
Author: Wilbur F. Tyler
Source: Model Airplane News, October 1943
Description: A unique cabin ornithopter with wheels. Article
with plans. |
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Title:
A Flapping-Wing Model
Author: F. J. Camm
Source: The Model Aircraft Book, 1938
Description: Rubber-powered ornithopter designed by Slinn. Construction
plans. |
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Title:
What's all the flap in Oklahoma City?
Author: Larry Kruse
Source: Flying Models, December 1985
Description: This article is a snapshot of ornithopter modelling
in the mid-1980s. It was through this article that I was first
introduced to the hobby. |
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Title:
Flip, Flop, the Ornithop!
Author: unknown
Source: Model Airplane News, April 1972
Description: An article about Ken Johnson's indoor, rubber-powered
ornithopters. |
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Title:
Everyman's guide to Ornithopters
Author: John White
Source: Aero Modeller, May and June 1993
Description: Explains the phased biplane system used by the
author. Anyone interested in free-flight ornithopter competition
should read this. |
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Title:
Si près du But, Yves Rousseau
Author: staff writer
Source: Actualizés, Juin 2006 (translated)
Description: Yves Rousseau's manned ornithopter, based on an
ultralight airplane, which made a 100 meter flight in 2005. |
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Title:
MEMS Wing Technology for a Battery-Powered Ornithopter
Author: Pornsin-sirirak, Lee, Nassef, Grasmeyer, Tai, Ho, Keennon
Source: Caltech Micromachining Laboratory
Description: Caltech's micro air vehicle ornithopter Microbat. |
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Title:
Freebird (old version) Plans
Author: Nathan Chronister
Source: Flapping Wings Newsletter, 1993
Description: The original version of the Freebird design, which
eventually developed into the Ornithopter Zone's free-flight
ornithopter kits. |
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Title:
Freebird (newer version) Plans
Author: Nathan Chronister
Source: The Ornithopter Zone, 2003
Description: A more updated version of the Freebird design. |
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