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by angersock 5201 days ago
Hey, for all you people that are pulling things out from their collective asses, at least criticize from the damned website and press release:

http://www.humanbirdwings.net/press/

Closeup of backpack here:

http://www.humanbirdwings.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG...

3 comments

No, on the chance that they are getting paid by the amount of traffic they/you generate.
So maybe the white blocks wrapped in blue are batteries?

But now I don't see any motors.

Just above the blue batteries you'll see two little walky-talkie looking things. Those are motor controllers (note the thick wires coming off of them). Those are mounted on a plate. The motors are farther up, under the plate.
OK.. great..

Now I have a new problem. Someone else mentioned this: watch how the leaves on the ground change at 1:50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tKFOcHyrI

The thing you should also be complaining about is the sudden appearance of a black square on the wing.

I think our friend may have damaged the wing, patched it, and the cut there is them trying to edit out a fuckup launch attempt.

why is it powered by a 9 volt battery?