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=Projects History=
=Projects History=
==Human Powered Ornithopter (2008)==
==Human Powered Ornithopter (2008)==
<span></span><span>During the summer of 2008 a group of graduate students founded the club to design and buildan</span>[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.[[File:131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg|400px|center|middle|thumb|Morning flight of the first-ever human-powered ornithopter.]]
<span></span><span>During the summer of 2008 a group of graduate students founded the club to design and buildan</span>[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.
 


<a class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/6/6f/131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg/400px-131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="225" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/6/6f/131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg/600px-131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/6/6f/131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg 2x"></a>  <a class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a>Morning flight of the first-ever human-powered ornithopter.
<a class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/6/6f/131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg/400px-131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="225" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/6/6f/131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg/600px-131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/6/6f/131216175956-areovelo-ornithopter-story-top.jpg 2x"></a>  <a class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a>Morning flight of the first-ever human-powered ornithopter.