Monthly Archives: April 2012

FLYING! Regarding my earlier flight posts, here’s another post with my idea for a much more efficient human-powered ornithopter which I think any of us (even out-of-shape me) could fly (It’s another email to good old Bill): Ha! Just caught … Continue reading →

Further thought yields these corrections, plus likely a still appealing solution: Hi FF’s again,    After getting some further time at the coffee house tonight to think more about my 2:00 am strange propulsion technique, I concluded the “pilot” would … Continue reading →

Here’s a follow-up email analyzing and questioning the previous assertions with a more skeptical eye: Hi FF’s again,    Is this crazy bicycle pump idea sane at all?  Or have I not properly understood the forces and motions that will … Continue reading →

Here’s an email I sent this morning to some friends and family, with a perhaps novel method of flying which I believe might achieve greater propulsive efficiency than, say helicopter rotors: Dear Special Ones (to me),    I’ve just had … Continue reading →