UTIAS Ornithopter No.1

No.1
General information
Type	Experimental ornithopter
Manufacturer	University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
Designer	James DeLaurier
Number built	1
History
First flight	8 July 2006

The UTIAS Ornithopter No.1 (registration C-GPTR) is an ornithopter that was built in Canada in the late 1990s. On 8 July 2006, it took off under its own power, assisted by a turbine jet engine, making a flight of around 300 metres that lasted 14 seconds, after which it crashed. ^[1]

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Length: 7.47 m (24 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 12.56 m (41 ft 2 in)
• Gross weight: 322 kg (710 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × König SC-430 , 18 kW (24 hp)

Performance

• Cruise speed: 82 km/h (51 mph, 44 kn)

See also

• UTIAS Snowbird

References

1. Hein, Treena (2006-10-12). "CBC News In Depth: Science: The world's first flying ornithopter". CBC News. Retrieved 2010-10-13.

External links

• Black, Debra (9 July 2006). "It flies! Aviation history is made by the 'flapper'". Toronto Star.
• Hein, Treena (2006-10-12). "CBC News In Depth: Science: The world's first flying ornithopter". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
• Follain, John (2004-12-19). "Test run for Da Vinci's flapping rooster plane". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 2010-10-13.^{[ dead link ]}
• Excell, Jon (2001-08-13). "Aircraft in a flap". The Engineer. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-10-13.