Ornitopter

Ornitopter (Yunanca ornithos “quş” və pteron “qanad”) — qanad çırparaq uçan təyyarələrə deyilir. Yarasalar, böcəklər və quşlardan nümunə götürülərək yaradılmışdır. Fərqli ölçülərdə dizaynları olmasına baxmayaraq, ümumiyyətlə eyni miqyasda yaradılırlar.

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 , two-minute flight of an eight-foot radio-controlled ornithopter

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