Handmade Mechanical Ornithopter

Ornithopter Mechanism: • Handmade Ornithopter M...
Hi all, this is a continuation of "Handmade Ornithopter Mechanism Design and Build," in which the mechanism has been incorporated into a larger body. This was definitely a longer project spanning several months, but very rewarding in the end. This video is mainly an overview of the building process and a showcasing of the final product.
To be clear, it does NOT fly. The rubber band motor is just a model of what it would look like on an actual functional ornithopter, but unfortunately there was too much friction for the mechanism to oscillate powered.
Additional Notes:
- Turn on closed captions if you haven't already
- The materials of this project included thin cardboard, corrugated cardboard, popsicle sticks, wire, bamboo skewers, cardstock, plastic bags, wooden dowels, and thread.
- You might notice that I was unfortunately unable to film some parts of the building process (attaching the wings, namely) are not included. I used thin plastic bags with decent flexibility, and used thread to sew it together since glue did not always work well.
- Does it fly? Unfortunately, not. Originally, I was designing this with hope that it could fly, but midway into building I realized it was too fragile for that. I'm not giving up the idea, but I think if I build this again to fly I'll make it smaller.
Thanks for stopping by, and if you have any questions or suggestions, please leave them below in the comments!

[@asyanargees2674]

The model is very nice!!! But could you send the measurements maybe??

[@bearshield7138]

very nicely done

[@adycandy517]

Oooh grandioso!!!

[@user-vm1xj2bb8p]

Good project, but it will be nice if the wings are articulated

[@daviddavids2884]

wtf do you think articulated means. !?!?!??