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=Projects History= | =Projects History= | ||
==Human Powered Ornithopter (2008)== | ==Human Powered Ornithopter (2008)== | ||
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||During the summer of 2008 a group of graduate students founded the club to design and buildan[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter ornithopter](wing-flapping aircraft) that used human power alone. The project was headed by Todd Reichert (NΨ 0T4 + Film) and Cameron Robertson (NΨ 0T8). The ornithopter was successfully completed and made a record setting flight as the first human powered ornithopter.<br /> | |||
||<a class="image"><img class="thumbimage" src="https://skulepedia.ca/w/images/thumb/9/9f/HPO_-_dawnflight.jpg/400px-HPO_-_dawnflight.jpg" srcset="/w/images/thumb/9/9f/HPO_-_dawnflight.jpg/600px-HPO_-_dawnflight.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/9/9f/HPO_-_dawnflight.jpg/800px-HPO_-_dawnflight.jpg 2x" alt="" width="400" height="176" /></a> The human-powered ornithopter during an early-morning test flight<br /> | |||
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==2008 - 2009== | ==2008 - 2009== |