do you think that i could build a pair of wings...like out of thick leather or something...that would give enough lift to enable me to fly? it would be hell on my arms....maybe i could make it have assisted opening like on a pocket knife...
Hey , maybe is not such a bad idea after all. In fact you an see a lot of athletes who can do a lot of things with their hands like would be their legs. So , after a good training you may be able to do lifting on your own arms to your whole body weight.
For this to be applied than to flying it would require a wing device made from a soft cloth (maybe synthetic) same as the parachutes have, and a duraluminium body frame to stretch that light cloth (leather would make this too heavy) and be able to flex in certain points, exactly like bird's wings. It needs a little math to calculate the weight/ wing surface ratio to see actually how large the wings must be.
Just don't be let influenced by some who say that's impossible, you can never know before you try. Some of the failures didn't happen just because it had design failure, but because the ones who try it out didn't took in sight their own powers (on this device you're actually on your own).
All the big discoveries were made by trying and improving the design or the manufacturing issues, where leaks were present
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