Mimicrornithopter

**web** · #1 02-09-2023, 01:57 AM

hi there,

just finished a strange plane. the idea came from a very small silhouette of this thing one can find on some lp back-covers of a band i adore.

thanks to my wife - she helped me build it!

**Mike1158** · #2 02-09-2023, 02:11 AM

A very nice piece/build you have there. Might I ask which band? I seem to remember Santana having something like that on an album cover but it was a very long time ago now.

**web** · #3 02-09-2023, 02:39 AM

thanks, mike!

it's not santana!

i will solve the mystery shortly but until then - can anyone guess?

it's a british band, more than 50 years active!

i will see them in a few weeks performing live

**mbauer** · #4 02-09-2023, 04:56 AM

Very interesting details. Like everything about it.

Mike

**skyman00** · #5 02-09-2023, 05:13 AM

Is it Yes?

**web** · #6 02-09-2023, 05:19 AM

@mbauer - thank you mike!

@skyman00 - YES! 👍🏼

**skyman00** · #7 02-09-2023, 05:22 AM

A Roger Dean illustration came to mind while reading your post.

By chance, will you be releasing it on your site?

PS. Enjoy the show! J

**web** · #8 02-09-2023, 06:35 AM

thanks for your interest, skyman00!

for the moment there are no plans to release it as a kit. there would be plenty of changes to make, i improvised a lot at this built ...

for now i need some distance to this project. maybe later i will be redoing it.

**Michael Mash** · #9 02-09-2023, 06:55 AM

The term "ornithopter" also comes from the novel "Dune" (published in 1965), by Frank Herbert.
As I understand it, the flying vehicles of Dune flew under the power of movable wings.

**web** · #10 02-09-2023, 07:16 AM

hi michael,

thanks for your post. i didn't know this "dune" story.

mimicrornithopter is a word creation by myself - a combination of mimicry and ornithopter.