tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post9198763436212186491..comments2023-11-03T06:36:27.305-04:00Comments on Phronesisaical: Helicopter Questionshelmuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-78143673658333644022007-06-21T14:35:00.000-04:002007-06-21T14:35:00.000-04:00Clarification: Not "an example" so much as a refer...Clarification: Not "an example" so much as a reference.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-3398052834095827172007-06-21T01:37:00.000-04:002007-06-21T01:37:00.000-04:00See here, for example, about earlier whirligig con...See <A HREF="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19425996.300" REL="nofollow">here</A>, for example, about earlier whirligig contraptions and insect inspiration.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-65206962722310041552007-06-21T01:17:00.000-04:002007-06-21T01:17:00.000-04:00Early aircraft designs were all over the place and...Early aircraft designs were all over the place and many were close to working. If the Wright's hadn't succeeded when they did, we might be flying egg beaters.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-27954504803796963602007-06-20T18:17:00.000-04:002007-06-20T18:17:00.000-04:00This was 1907. The Wright Bros flight was in 1903....This was 1907. The Wright Bros flight was in 1903. Maybe it was when one of those earlier flights upended that Cornu got his idea for a horizontal rotary propeller. Still, hummingbirds and bees fly by flapping wings.helmuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-83324324263535864752007-06-20T12:58:00.000-04:002007-06-20T12:58:00.000-04:00Hummingbirds and bees hover in ways akin to helico...Hummingbirds and bees hover in ways akin to helicopters. But you could derive a helicopter just by standing a propeller plane on end.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.com