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An '''ornithopter''' is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings like a bird.
 
An '''ornithopter''' is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings like a bird.
  
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The term '''orthopter''' is sometimes used synonymously but can be distinguished (as in [[Ventou-Duclaux and Robert, 1911, Bases et méthodes d'études aéronautiques]], pp. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433087574996;view=1up;seq=387 375]–381) by distinguishing between flat flapping surfaces and flexible birdlike "wings". While both terms share the root "-pter" meaning wing, "orni-" means bird, whereas "ortho" means straight, and connotes the order of insects called Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers).
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See also [[orthopter]], a similar term which technically implies "straight" wings rather than bird wings.
  
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* experimental: [[Reports on ornithopter patents]]
 
* experimental: [[Reports on ornithopter patents]]
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 1 November 2023

Edward Purkis Frost's 1902 ornithopter

An ornithopter is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings like a bird.

See also orthopter, a similar term which technically implies "straight" wings rather than bird wings.

This wiki has 212 patents categorized in "ornithopter" or "orthopter".

Patents in categories ornithopter or ornithopters

Publications referring to ornithopter

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Enclosing categories Simple tech terms
Subcategories
Keywords Flapping, Wings, bird, Birds, Orthopter, Ornithopters
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