DIGGER Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Do you remember the Pterodactyl ornithopter, I think it was sold by Hobbyking? I've just seen a video of it, did it fly that we'll ? It looked a fun thing and I was wondering if it's still about, I would love one. If you have one in the attic I'm interested. Who remembers them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I have one, retired now. They do fly but are not very controllable. I can promise you that the entire club collapses with laughter every time it was flown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy J Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 This was my attempt at a Pterodactyl. It did fly but pitch stability was an issue as per all the other bird designs I have built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davies 3 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I have to say, Peter's Pterodactyl was the funniest thing I've seen since my granny fell through the asbestos roof. No wonder dinosaurs became extinct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DIGGER Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thanks for your replies Nigel, the video you posted was the one that got me interested in this model. Andy that's a nice looking model , was it a scratch build.? Peter I've sent a pm. Anyone else had ago at doing an ornithopter? How does it work, it's not just a case of flapping it's wings . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIGGER Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 If anyone out there has one for sale, or knows of one, Please let me know via PM. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 http://www.ornithopter.org/ some design stuff there Digger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 A very competent pilot and builder in our club has one. It's significant that he only flies it in perfect (ie no wind) conditions, usually in the evening but it's a hoot to watch. It isn't very controllable but it does fly ... just. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIGGER Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Thank you both, And thanks Nigel for the link, although very interesting it was the HK Pterodactyl one I hope to find one day. Stay Safe, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 I think that modern science accepts that small pterosaurs behaved very much like modern bats in terms of flying, possibly even evolving warm blood. However, fossils of huge flying reptiles that had a wingspan as big as a light aircraft have been found, and how they managed to operate is not clearly understood at all. Wasn't an RC model constructed of a flying reptile for one of David Attenborough's excellent programmes many years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIGGER Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 As I would love to have one, can I ask if members on here ask around there club members if they have one that's been out of use if they will sell it. PLEASE. Wishing you all a very SAFE MERRY CHRISTMAS. Hope the new year is better. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 The program was one of a series called !" Walking with dinosaurs ". The episode about pterosaurs came to the conclusion that the largest ones were for the most part soarers and could travel large parts of the planet much like the Albatross does today. When on the ground they would need access to a take off point like a runway into wind or a high cliff from which to launch. Bones of the largest found in Canada show it would have had a span of 30 meters and on the ground stood as tall as a Giraffe . Now a model of that could put the wind up some on the slope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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