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why are you posting so many skeptical comments?
Because I am skeptical that the video is real.
yes, we get that, but there's no need to reply to every comment about your skepticism.
Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
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Re: Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
#42An April 1st reveal, anyone?
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because I am skeptical that the video is real.
yes, we get that, but there's no need to reply to every comment about your skepticism.
There's no need for you to position yourself as a gatekeeper for HN comments, either, but you're doing it anyway. Who elected you to quota individual comments? When you went after me, I had left three comments on this entry. There were more than a dozen by the time you said something, and I had made my point and was willing to back out.
If you've identified a noise problem in the signal -- the only possible reason to go directly after another commenter and expect that you're improving HN at all -- how does spamming yet more about the noise problem improve the situation for anybody?
Thanks for reminding me why I don't contribute to HN, by the way. I'll show myself back out.
Re: Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
#44Things 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…
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Re: Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
#45There is simply not enough air being moved by those airfoils to lift a 150+ lb object off the ground. He'd need much more speed than that. Or much more wing area. Or much faster articulation. And in any of those cases, the pathetic "wings" would deform horribly and ruin any aerodynamic properties they might possibly possess.
*edit Now that I've actually watched the video, there's something I'd like to add to the list of red flags others have already pointed out: His landing trajectory. It's way too steep and forward. He'd have to enjoy a near 1:1 thrust ratio to land at that angle, and he'd have to have been pitched up and back to apply all of that thrust against gravity and his forward motion.
Re: Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
#46my 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 ;)
I'm going with #1.
Re: Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
#47So, no one noticed the crushed grass in the shape of tire tracks along the path of flight? Looks fake.
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#48I really wish this were real.
The only part that really ruins it for me is, where is the battery powering the electric motors?
I mean, since I am ignorant about aerodynamics and a bunch of stuff, I can suspend my disbelief about the wing actually providing enough lift, and suppose that there exist incredibly powerful motors that could operate in that way.
I would even like to believe that there is an ultrapowerful battery that would be able to provide enough juice for these incredible motors. But where is it?
Man I hope Mythbusters does this one!
Re: Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
#49awesome！！
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#50I'm skeptical. Am I the only one that noticed what appeared to be the plethora of CGI in the video?
it's definitely fake - check the previous video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tKFOcHyrI&t=1m30s
Sooooo fakity fakely fake!
It's oh so convenient that the cameraman "happens" to look down and the camera happens to blur (what is it refocusing on?) between the time when the wings are resting on the ground and when they are picked up and ready for the test flight. Then the camera is conveniently moving and keeping things just a tad blurry while the wings start up. If you compare the appearance of the wings before and after the cut you'll notice some slight differences.
You tell me, does this look real or fake? http://i.imgur.com/YtPMI.png
