Can Ornithopters Be Scaled Up for Human Flight?

[Meloetta]

Greetings,

I'm a tinkerer, prototyper, tony starker... and I'm really interested in human-scale flying powered by flapping wings, or some alternative that works and is quiet...

 

[Evo]

Hi meloetta,

Welcome to the forum, before posting please read our guidelines so that you know what is allowed here (no personal theories, nothing that goes against mainstream science) and what we are about.

 

[Evo]

i'm not sure i understand how the flapping model of flying is against mainstream science

If you have acceptable mainstream sources that meet our guidelines that show that this is a mainstream accepted way of personal flight, then you may certainly post those sources and ask questions about them.

 

[Meloetta]

well it is a topic about ornithopters, quite mainstream for hobbyists. Just wondering if anyone also thought about scaling this up to be usable by you and me.