Birdman of the Netherlands: Daedelus LIVES!

[Reverse Engineer]

OK folks, of all the Wild Science stuff out there of late, this one is the BEST.

Jarno Smeets, a Dutch Engineer claims to have finally achieved the legendary Bird Style Human Powered Flight of Daedelus. Rumours are flying its fake CGI.

Looks real to me. I’m taking a Poll on DD to see how many people think this is for real. Check out the video, its AMAZING if its for real.

https://www.doomsteaddiner.org/forum/index.php?topic=111.0

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[Greenpa]

Snopes is citing opposing experts, no decision.

https://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/humanbirdwings.asp

But, it looks, sounds, feels, and tastes real to me.

[ben]

gotcha greenpa! 😛

[ben]

(it got me too, after some hemming and hawing.)

https://www.doomsteaddiner.org/forum/index.php?topic=111.msg476#msg476

[Reverse Engineer]

Nein spriken zee Dutch. What is he saying?

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[ben]

put the cursor over the Up Arrow at bottom, then CC.

[Reverse Engineer]

First Class Hoax!

A good lesson that you can’t trust ANY “video” to be real anymore.

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[Greenpa]

Yup, I was well and truly gotched. Ah, well; fun while it lasted, and truly- harmless all around I think.

What is of most interest to me is the number of people who WANT this kind of thing to be true (me among them).

Why do we WANT it? Hoping for hope, I think.

[Nassim]

The whole idea of flexing one’s shoulders and arms to lift oneself like a bird is a bit of a give-away IMHO.

The best chance of getting a decent power-to-weight ration is by using one’s legs in a cycling motion – far more powerful muscles.

The current distance record recognised by the FAI was achieved on 23 April 1988 from Iraklion on Crete to Santorini in an MIT Daedalus 88 piloted by Kanellos Kanellopoulos: a straight distance of 115.11 km (71.53 mi).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-powered_aircraft

[ben]

hey nassim. the narrative of human birdwings was that it was motor assisted. so there! 🙂

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