Society of Robots - Robot Forum
Mechanics and Construction => Mechanics and Construction => Topic started by: b33p on September 30, 2007, 03:08:39 PM
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hi guys i am a complete noob with no experience at building robots..i just recently decided to start. i want to build an ornithopter...does anybody know where theres like a site or a tutorial somewhere that could teach me?
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As a beginer to robotics, I suggest you start with the basics before you attack complex issues such as flight. Have you built the $50 robot yet? If not, I suggest you start there. You might also want to buy Wowee's Dragonfly (available here and at other places http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2585632&cp&cid=) to see how it was designed.
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this might help:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=723.0
remember to search the forum before asking! its all here already . . .
try ornithopter, bat, bird, etc in the search bar
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Noob huh... maybe you really want a challenge that is why you like to create this one..
trivia from wow wee :
Jeff:How long did it take to move it from inception to final production?
Sean(Wow Wee team member): The first RC dragonflies I had built were completed around mid 2003, but the direct ancestor of the Dragonfly was built in January 2006, and production began a little less than one year later, on December 22nd, 2006.
reference:
http://www.robocommunity.com/article/11198/Interview-with-Sean-Frawley--Creator-of-the-FlyTech-Dragonfly/