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Cosplay Style Wings Could Work On Moon
I saw these wings intended for a cosplay costume, but I think I see something more.
Quick test to see how the 'fingers' span out. Starting to look like a thing! And nothing's on fire!! 😁
— Werebeast Cosplay (@WB_Workshop) January 5, 2019
Yet.#ProjectDeathwing pic.twitter.com/D8NyAvF8c1
Any fan of science fiction Grandmaster Robert A. Heinlein would recognize these from his 1957 novel Menace from Earth:
They're lovely! - titanalloy struts as light and strong as bird-bones, tension-compensated wrist-pinion and shoulder joints, natural action in the alula slots, and automatic flap action in stalling. The wing skeleton is dressed in styrene feather-foils, with individual quilling of scapulars and primaries. They almost fly themselves.(Read more about bat wings for the moon)
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