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Smart Bird by Festo

Discussion in 'What plans are you looking for?' started by 7up, Apr 22, 2011.

  1. 7up

    7up Moderator Staff Member

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    Can someone figure out the mechanics of this? I'd love to try to build one in foam.
     
    7up, Apr 22, 2011
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    Cool stuff!
    It looks like the tips are free hinged.
    The way the wings are able to flex so easily reminds me more of a real bird.
     
    3DMON, Apr 22, 2011
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    There is a 17 minute "making of" video on youtube
    Festo SmartBird - Bird flight deciphered -

    in which they present the history of the project and show the internals. Very light weight stuff. It looks complex but possible to recreate, but as with many things I fear the devil is in the details, i.e. getting just the right balance between power, speed, wing torque etc... . Very impressive project with amazing results hopefully they will continue to refine the deign

    I highly recommend watching the video even if you're not interested in recreating the bird as it is very interesting from a purely technical perspective in what they did and how. There is also a PDF at the Festo site that provides more details (motor, weight, radios etc...) just google smartbird.
     
    pagercam, Apr 22, 2011
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    Thanks for the video link. Very interesting stuff.
     
    7up, Apr 22, 2011
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    They had this figured out years ago, remember the Owl on Clash of the Titans?

    Q
     
    crash5050, Apr 22, 2011
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    This would be an awesome project to try!
    Thanks for sharing this
    Mark and Trish
     
    kram242, Apr 23, 2011
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  7. jovian

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    That indeed would be a fun project to try
     
    jovian, Jun 26, 2011
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