Verison 0.1 Beta is now finished! Feel free to download the code and give it a test. Though please note: the software may still have a few undiscovered bugs ...

The ornithopter is Dune's go-to aerial transport, and its bird-like flight makes it essential. The upside of having multiple failed attempts at adapting a classic is that fans get to see the varied ...

It has also reduced the time of a wing design cycle to a matter of minutes. An ornithopter with a mass of 3.89 g has been constructed using the 3D printing technique and has demonstrated an 85-s ...

(From the Wikipedia article on Lilienthal.) Lilienthal was well into making successful jumps/flights by this time, but would suffer his fatal fall in about two more years, dying August 10, 1896, after ...