I made this for a nested comment, I'll bring it up a level. Think this looks real? http://i.imgur.com/YtPMI.png
The grass in the second one (suspected CGI) isn't even the same color or saturation level.
Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
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#52Since all the videos are numbered n of 14 - how did he know in advance that he would need exactly 14 videos for documenting his flight?
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#53Things that make this video implausible: 1) You have the engineering fortitude to come up with something that has never been done before, and you choose to attach it to your body with a consumer grade backback? And not even a full hiking one with multiple points of attachment? No rock-climbing harness? 2) Fabric is waaay too loose on the wings to be effective in any kind of aerodynamic sense. At best this is a kite 3…
The disregard for the physics of the situation is actually quite insulting. The "demonstration" is so far from realistic its not even worth a debunking.
Here is an example of what this man is claiming to have done, actually being done, by a team of engineers working for years:
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#54I'm skeptical. Am I the only one that noticed what appeared to be the plethora of CGI in the video?
Can you point out the CGI? Not disagreeing or anything, I just know where to look for the CGI.
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#55Interesting that Jamie Hyneman of the MythBusters fame Doesn't think it was faked. According him to the science checks out ! http://www.tested.com/articles/43440-thoughts-on-the-mechani...
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#56Well, no, it's quite obviously fake... Does no-one else see that?
(Not for any logical reasons, but the video just looks fake!)
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#58Things that make this video implausible: 1) You have the engineering fortitude to come up with something that has never been done before, and you choose to attach it to your body with a consumer grade backback? And not even a full hiking one with multiple points of attachment? No rock-climbing harness? 2) Fabric is waaay too loose on the wings to be effective in any kind of aerodynamic sense. At best this is a kite 3…
The disregard for the physics of the situation is actually quite insulting. The "demonstration" is so far from realistic its not even worth a debunking. Here is an example of what this man is claiming to have done, actually being done, by a team of engineers working for years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E77j1imdhQ
Great video. Notice the difference in the motion of the wings? So much more fluid and natural than the flat and rigid motion of the video from the Wired article.
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#59Since all the videos are numbered n of 14 - how did he know in advance that he would need exactly 14 videos for documenting his flight?
You can edit video titles...
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#60my bets... 1. GoPro-camera viral ad... 20% 2. funny joke... 10% 3. this is real ... 70% damn... the track record of incredible, but fake videos in the recent past makes me feel skeptical, but I wish it was real btw 0:57 the tracks on the grass.. look suspicious ;)
Ad: 90%, funny joke: 20%, real: 5%
Why does it add up to 115%? Because apparently basic physics is bullshit so why not math?