Winnipeg Bat
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Human Batsuit For Gliding
I just stumbled upon David Moore's "Fletcher" suit, which is essentially a giant gliding wing made of parachute material that is probably the closest real-life thing I've heard about that resembles Batman's cape in Batman Begins.
His website is http://aerosapiens.net/Home.html and he has lots of pictures of his Fletcher invention. From his website, he describes the Fletcher like this:
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The Fletcher is made of rip stop nylon and aluminum tubing. The tubing is held to the main sheet by sewn in fabric sleeves and the tubing is held together by machine screws. All tube drillings are re-enforced by larger tubing sections that are predrilled.
All the harness and controls are made of nylon belting, plastic adjustors and quick release clasps/ buckles. The aircraft is controlled by leaning, thrusting and contorting the pilot's "human" body to grab at wind force or to release wind force to form the appropriate wing shape for the desired type of flying or direction the pilot chooses to take.
The Fletcher weighs 33 lbs. with a 16 foot wing span. The Fletcher has a great variability in its maximum surface area to its minimum surface area, making for extremely dynamic flight: from 100% lift to 30% lift with self propulsives capabilities beyond 100% lift, meaning, extra lift through a swimming type of effort or motion, similar to the Butterfly Stroke.
The wing shape and size can be cut for different desired types of flying: ie. long thin wings for distance flying and short wide wings for stunt flying. PATENT PENDING.
Larger picture of the above is here: http://www.idruna.com/images/PhojoCustomerPhotos/maxnashsports.jpg
It would be really neat if someone could actually integrate Moore's contraption with a Begins suit! That would be the most ultimate batsuit ever!
Last edited by Deadly Lemur, 9/23/2008, 12:14 am
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10/27/2007, 11:55 pm
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Zmanz
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Re: Real-life "Giant Human Batsuit" for gliding!
THIS
IS
SO
COOL
:band
...SOMEONE MANIP THIS INTO YOU KNOW WHO!!! :batfly
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10/28/2007, 12:03 am
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monkeybat
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Location: Essex England
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Re: Real-life "Giant Human Batsuit" for gliding!
Wow were getting closer and closer. :up
--- "The Penguins are merging on Gotham Plazer"
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10/28/2007, 1:58 am
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