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Can planes flap their wings like birds?
Birds use their strong breast muscles to flap their wings and give them the thrust to move throught the air and fly. In a way, birds use a swimming motion to get the lift needed to fly. Plane wings ...
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Are exoskeleton wings technically possible?
While there have been a robot simulating a bird, could be there also an exoskeleton wing system for a human?
Main design considerations:
a) only human powered
b) using an additional, or exclusive ...
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