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From: sharkey@robots.ox.ac.uk (Paul Sharkey)
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: A robotic Butterlfy!
Message-ID: <1994Aug3.081515.9085@lucrece.robots.ox.ac.uk>
Originator: sharkey@lucrece.robots
Organization: Robotics Research Group, Engineering Science Dept, Oxford, UK.
References: <1994Jul28.153808.22030@msuvx2.memphis.edu> <ELEQIM.15.0009A00F@herts.ac.uk> <nagleCtpoCH.DLy@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 1994 08:15:15 GMT
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John Nagle writes

> Paul MacReady's company, AeroEnvironment, once built a flying
>model of a pyerodactyl, but it was several feet long.  

     
One of our guys at U Reading built a full scale pterodactyl which flew
all the way into a New Scientist article. It was a bit before my time
(about 20 years ago) but I could dig out the reference for those
interested.

(alternatively do a search in NS for Dr George Whitfield)

Paul.


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