Dragon72-1 Dragon Ornithopter : 2nd Flight Test

[@circleofowls]

One of my dreams as a child was to have a dragon that could fly like this, it's magical to see it actually flying around. Really incredible job engineering the mechanics too.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@KonichiWawa]

@@BZH07614 Sound system able to be included? That way the dragon could roar and drown out the machine noise.

[@acousticpineapple7851]

@@BZH07614 incredible work.

[@acousticpineapple7851]

@@KonichiWawa my guess, added weight would be required for sound loud enough, impeding flight

[@BZH07614]

@@acousticpineapple7851 Thank you.

[@Nigfis]

This has to be among the most beautiful ornithopters there are. The movement of the wings is mesmerising. It 'looks' to handle beautifully too, but that might be the pilot's skills making it look easy. Congratulations from me too Mr Kakuta. Brilliant model engineering.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@parikshitdas8209]

@@BZH07614 How can I order one? It's a brilliant mechanism engineered. Congratulations 🎊

[@bouchtahilali553]

Est-ce que tu pourras me le donner S'il te plaît

[@whatdamath]

Flying dragons next to a nuclear plant - that's the beginning of every Japanese Godzilla movie :D

[@BZH07614]

It is a thermal power station.

[@carlrodalegrado4104]

Didn't expect to see you here Anton. I love the videos you've been uploading from time to time hopefully more people get interested in science such as space science.

[@aadarshraghuwanshi7022]

Hello Anton , This is Wonderful person .

[@aadarshraghuwanshi7022]

haven't got a verification mark , seriously?

[@amazingworldofsanda4128]

Lol

[@johnpharis8498]

This thing is just absolutely amazing.... just the way it moves through the sky looks so anatomically accurate

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@castronator29]

That's simply amazing Mr Kakuta. Congratulations.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@speedeemee]

Truly outstanding engineering, artistry, and craftsmanship!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@abruptlyblunt]

i wonder if people realize what a remarkable accomplishment this is, others have tried replicating the Mechanism of Flight Flapping without any success, this is truly amazing....

[@AlessandroBottoni]

By far the best ornithopter I have ever seen. Really awesome. Congratulations!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@killbubbatm5983]

Well done! I'm curious of the power usage vs a traditional prop and flight time etc... looks like a great design though.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@MJPilote]

One of the most interesting RC things I have seen! Very beautiful movement in the air, it has the grace of an animal in motion. Amazing work!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@ukulelefatman]

Fantastic. Great job on construction and design. I hope plans will be available in the future, I'd love to build my own. Thanks for posting your progress!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@raoultheowl3140]

Bravo! Incredible flying. I built an ornithopter when i was 14. It flew so well, far better than i would have expected. It made me aware of an alternative to rubber powered long distance aircraft. Thank you. I am grateful.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@thatfireinside1106]

Exactly the sounds a baby dragon would make if it was first learning to fly.

[@niZSonovski]

You are a lucky guy because you have heard the dragon voice

[@thatfireinside1106]

@@niZSonovski This is the power of imagination my friend

[@joaoejapa]

@@thatfireinside1106 this is the power of two black and red mushroons

[@ThomasGrillo]

To see a flapping wing design actually working is nothing short of astounding! Thanks for sharing this.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@sohamchandwadkar4790]

Your design is amazing 👏 I can imagine the effort you put into the gearbox assembly and using the 2212 size motors with it is just genius!!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@robertomighty4562]

Beautiful design, impressive mathematics, engineering and aeronautics. A dream of flight. Congratulations, Mr. Kakuta

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@valveman12]

I bet people look twice when they see this dragon coming. Well done!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@CaptainLevi10]

make it thrice.

[@JakesMusicPalace]

Amazing, thanks for sharing. Please do a video of the flight mechanism, brilliant engineering!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@brencrun5068]

Beautiful! A pleasure to watch flying. I guess you'll be developing and improving the mechanism so please provide video of any updates. Just a thought, could the directional control surfaces be motorized too to provide more lift and control?

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@axenz1]

Hi, Can you just put brushless motor at the back? just to make fast fly higher, one it up the sky then fly it using flap wing.. it will more fun flying it. Thanks for sharing the nice RC video.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Very cool!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@hemayetkabir1331]

Congratulations! Nice work

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@yokewakkarun2351]

If you paint the dragon's body color black and fly it in the evening near Castelul Bran in Europe, it will be a big fuss.

[@jenniferbeyer6412]

Very cool. The motion looks great, and realistic. Only the sound is to loud. Bet you could sell hundreds.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@abesapien9930]

He needs to fly this straight into a schoolyard and watch all the kids run in panic and joy

[@Madcr0ws]

This is fantastic build, excellent model! Frighten every bird around away and started a legend among them to never return to the place mighty flying dragon. Make one that breathes fire now!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@jasmijnariel]

Oh imagine how it would look if it was painted

[@rohawaha]

Glad I saw this on KZbin first , I have been expecting the Apocalypse any day now , and seeing this would have sent me straight to the bunker !

[@jamesbtex58]

Noisy but it flies so gracefully, beautiful. Now all it needs is an awesome paint job with greens, yellows, and browns and a flame thrower. Do you have any Dragon eggs yet that you would sell?

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. The four young dragons flew away. Now there is not an egg.

[@jstrndm945]

Is it possible to us to have the blueprint or design you've made?

[@BZH07614]

@@jstrndm945 Please look 9:30 in kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWmsmWaDpNpjsJY

[@rowbearpucklebuck2331]

Years ago i had the idea of using a motor with a cam to deform a rubber tube from the inside repeatedly as a way to cause attached wings to flap, rather then gears to cause the articulation. Never developed it. Just a thought. Great demonstration! Wonderful!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@himanilsharma2147]

This is going to give someone a heart attack after seeing dianasour flying by his head

[@aphexx100]

wow. looks awesome. didn't know this was even possible. even though an arm broke, it is amazing that these lightweight materials can withstand the forces. i guess it was quite a process to find the right components?

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@demzt.7677]

I'll freak-out if I'm gonna see this flying around my window at night...

[@davidhicks6824]

Especially If Your Stoned!

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

You'll likely hear it before you ever see it.

[@bulbulitobayagbagan9633]

@@ominous-omnipresent-they And the sounds will be like: "Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! Yo ee! " LOL

[@OzzieWozzieOriginal]

You mean, even with the legs, it cannot do a soft landing so that it wont break a wing??

[@darkhunter777]

Видно что за основу движений брал какую то чайку =) На замедленной сьемке выглядело круто, но чтобы в реале такое было надо крылья увеличивать

[@arandomfox999]

Just like a real dragon, those light limbs for flight are a weakpoint. What is the weight bearing capacity for this model? Have you considered some metal joints instead? However those would be very difficult to manufacture I suppose.

[@t.m.4254]

Amazing craftsmanship....this could easily evolve into a pelican, sooty albatross or storm petrel.......

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@rogerauclair1670]

A dragon is more unique.

[@OniSamaGin]

looks cool, I would think that even some soft springs for legs would help keep it from hitting the ground so hard.

[@TheJimtanker]

Now to scale it up and add a flamethrower. Yes, I'm an American.

[@rrosski]

Then add a .50 cal on it.

[@aw2killer]

@@rrosski Howitzer dude

[@rrosski]

@@aw2killer no, 2S4 Tyulpan

[@zaxmaxlax]

LOL

[@Surrenitie]

I was thinking the same thing. How big does it need to be that i can ride on it like in how to train your dragon?

[@Cadcare]

Brilliant. I have never seen such an "animal looking" flying machine. You have re-made nature. I also thought perhaps it could be deep-fried at the end. Seriously, job well done, Sir!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@calanmacleod3948]

Excellent project, flys really well.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@RosssRoyce]

Daijobu! Cool to see that people in Japan invent unexpected things in a culture where only repeating old tradition is stimulated!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@chicob.8419]

Sounds like a bird, flies like a bird, but it's a dragon. Just needs a flamethrower now.

[@gnappibr]

It is an incredible ornithopter!!! I just wonder if it was similar to a pterosaur!!!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@Anthony-ll4nh]

That's very good! I can definitely see a model like that being used in a movie...without the boingdi-boingdi sound of course. Amazing accomplishment though!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@4291juneau]

What a great effort? Very imaginative and clever application of engineering. Perhaps some room for further experimentation. It might benefit from some uplift on a slope if you have access to one. Meanwhile well done an example for us all to emulate.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@larrytornetta9764]

Paint it green and add fire breathing feature.

[@michaelholts1598]

That was my first thought!

[@bryanfiguracion2923]

can you make the wings bigger?

[@johankuhn]

Amazing. Strap one to my back and let’s go!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@hlaluminiumengineering4292]

Great work. Maybe try and land with the wings stopped at top stroke.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@Visigoth_]

That's *AWESOME!* 😆💛

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@kanrup5199]

maybe you could program a landing sequence into it ? like how birds land with upward angled wing flapping and legs forward...

[@rikifebriansyah9297]

Oke dont let my son see this..., hes gonna cry and ask for me to make this

[@StreetArtillery]

Damn! And that's just a copy of a small dragon. Imagine how people living in the middle ages felt back when dragons weren't extinguished? How did they cope living in such fear?

[@BardTian]

Splendid! ready to spit fire!

[@anthonylightbringer6433]

Please tell me this is going to be put on the market 🙏

[@jordanmntungwa3311]

now put a can of lighter fluid inside and make it breathe fire and you've got yourself a dragon here my guy

[@filippe999]

It's amazing to see it fly like that, you can't help it with the noise I reckon?

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@bbeastly]

Amazing!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@demonoftheweb]

Very nicely made and beautiful to see flying. I do have a question or two. Is the sound its making a result of how hard the wing motors are working? Would switching for carbon fiber rods help or hinder balance? Cant wait to see more flights.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. Sound is from Gears. You feel that as Dragon cry.

[@enriqueponce7001]

he reminds me of an older data from the goonies lol...

[@rafale3d803]

Super flight. Is it possible to have plan and more explications for make it.

[@BZH07614]

Please look Making Video -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWmsmWaDpNpjsJY

[@BZH07614]

And Video list　kzbin.info/aero/PLErvdRrwWuPrBMsLQTJn9XXd3CKl23lVS

[@mrLumen2]

Леонардо Да-Винчи плакал бы от счастья.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@sgt50mae]

完璧な動きですね。これで翼に羽毛が生えてたら羽ばたきは半分に・・？

[@BZH07614]

ありがとうございます。

[@Неравнодушный-о7л]

Жутковатое зрелище!

[@SCRAPchinchilla]

ты чего, крутой ведь дракон)

[@ecurb10]

Really well done sir! Is it possible for it to glide occasionally with wings outstretched, or do the wings need to continually flap?

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. Please look next. Gliding kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpumhKarnb2Cabc

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

How hard is it to make the wings fold in like birds and bats can?

[@Mesut_DURMUS]

If the motor and mechanical noise can also be quieted as much as possible, it will only be up to the cosmetic makeup to be perfect.

[@eatwhatukiii2532]

Wow, that’s so cool! If not for the squeaking it would be really realistic. Is there a way to quiet the squeaking? Oil? Graphite powder?

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. Please feel sound as cry of Dragon.

[@eatwhatukiii2532]

@@BZH07614 , true. I have noticed that wild ducks and morning doves make similar sounds in flight.

[@enthalpiaentropia7804]

Congratulations Mr Kakuta you are an artist & a skill engineer.. That's awesome .. Dan from Paris - France.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. Dragon72-2 lives in France now.

[@enthalpiaentropia7804]

@@BZH07614 Welcome in France mate Bienvenue et attention au Covid 19.. Take care & stay safe.. Dan

[@glencmac]

GREAT JOB!!!! Is there a solution to the squeaking?

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. Sound is cry of Dragon.

[@jasonwilde197]

I need one of these in my life. Please make it big enough to ride on so I can avoid all car traffic and look like a baller doing it. Thanks.

[@markjones6358]

What you think about using pulleys and bands as opposed to gears, in order to reduce the noise? it may add to it the realism. Beautiful creation by the way exhalation point

[@BZH07614]

When I use pulleys and bands and make a system, Dragon72 become considerably heavy. Dragon72 cannot fly if it become heavy. If heavy, the number of times of a flap has increased , and a elegant flight is not possible.

[@ישראלשורץ-י2ק]

Amazing work of art! If you could make him lift his wings a little slower than he lowered them, it would be natural and perfect!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@virtualinfluencer]

This is inspiring. I am going to follow your steps and hopefully be able to replicate what you've done. Thank you so much for sharing

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@AbrahamTheGOD47]

You did a great job sir

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@yeahx32p69]

Can you link the behind the scenes video for this?

[@User-kjxklyntrw]

I hope it can be developed to become air transport ride, looks cool to sit on dragon back (dont forget to add arm and claw)

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@NerdyMeathead]

I would love to see the reactions of this being flown next to those rc plane meetups

[@Demnus]

But can it do the Drakaris?

[@supergiantbubbles]

Your ornithopter is so beautiful and well executed. The kinematics are lovely. I wonder if the squeaking was the ball joint failing? I hope your replacements are quieter and more durable. Thanks for sharing your work.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. I reinforced Arm end by Ball bearing and Carbon plate.

[@MJY8290]

Respect to the man trying to fly and film at the same time

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@eroblern]

question is how big do the replica of this have to be to carry 4people

[@BZH07614]

Surely it is size the same as a glider. About over 12 meter.

[@SRNF]

Almost no damage small hole on body. *RIGHT ARM BROKEN* You would be a great doctor!

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@hemayetkabir1331]

Can you extend the flight time ? Application can be various.

[@BZH07614]

I have not try to fly long time trial.

[@alandurden1826]

it is about time someone made a decent wing size ornithopter 2800mm wingspan, where can I get one.

[@BZH07614]

This ornithopter was requested production and I made it.

[@geriamoraputra284]

Now a movie doesnt need CGI anymore

[@Wayback-intime]

Lol still does

[@hemayetkabir1331]

Can the system be implemented as a drone to observe crop condition?

[@BZH07614]

This Dragon72 has Pixhawk and GPS. But Flight time is short (3-8 minutes).

[@christophemicoud1508]

Magnifique et majestueux. Ce serait sympa de développer un kit accessible et de faire enfin voler ces monstres de légende dans le monde entier. Où de partager un plan avec des pièces à imprimer soi même. Toutes mes sincères félicitations. Certainement le plus beau vol de ce genre de propulsion que j'ai pu voir. Seul regret ! manque le feu, ou un mini lance flamme à base d'un briquet ou autre 😁 Et la magie opère pour de bon. Curieux aussi de connaître la charge alaire de ce monstre 🤔

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. I do not measure Wing loading.

[@S....]

Can it glide? Would look more "natural" if it could stop moving wings from time to time just to do that.

[@BZH07614]

Please look next video at 2:40 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpumhKarnb2Cabc

[@S....]

@@BZH07614 That is awesome! Your work is amazing :)

[@BZH07614]

@@S.... Thank you.

[@IkeChiu]

Amazing work! I wonder have you ever studied aerodynamics before? Or you just made it based on the bird? Further, how does it work under the strong wind?

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. Ｉam medical doctor. I make ornithopter as hobby. Dragon72 ca fly in wind 3-4meter/second.

[@IkeChiu]

@@BZH07614 The dragon's flapping is perfect simulation of the real bird. Actually, if the angle of the flapping is a bit different, it can't work. I am a doctor of mechanics.

[@hbofbyu1]

Now how do you adjust the wings for it to glide in between flaps? Is this what a bird does?

[@BZH07614]

Please look kakutaclinic.life.coocan.jp/GLDABE.htm

[@airwolfie100]

Beautiful craftsmanship Mr Kakuta, Well done! I prefer it with the legs on by the way!😁

[@BZH07614]

Thank you. Please look end of Video---Dragon has Legs.

[@airwolfie100]

@@BZH07614 I know, I like it with legs!😁

[@thepedrous]

pretty cool, but still looks like it's way too heavy to manage his flight in air.

[@maryslittlehelpers8163]

Are you planning on making more for sale? Or, perhaps selling a 3D printer blueprint?

[@BZH07614]

I do not make this Dragon72 now. I do not use parts of 3Dprint.

[@bobpackard9527]

Its BEAUTIFUL!!! Flies like I imagine a dragon should fly!! Kudos, sir, Very well done.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.

[@suddencucumber5994]

doesn't the long tail create a lot of drag?

[@BZH07614]

please look 1:50 "no tail flight" kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpumhKarnb2Cabc

[@markfarmer36]

Fantastic work, excellent mechanics, is this your own design or is it available from a plan?

[@BZH07614]

This is my original.

[@sabayonz]

is it possible to add "glide mode" , so its dont have to use the motor all the time?

[@BZH07614]

Please look 30th　Flight Test 　kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpumhKarnb2Cabc

[@billyream7796]

This would really freak people out who didn't expect it flying overhead. The mechanical noise could be tweaked to sound like a dragon call.

[@BZH07614]

Thank you.