Strandbeest Hovering

[@heycraig]

“they fly now!” “they fly now?” “they fly now.”

[@marcelatiradomejia3263]

Que emocion

[@marcelatiradomejia3263]

Debo decir que para mi ese momento en que se elevaron las anclas , fue super emocional y se me erizaron los pelos

[@joschuaknuppe5849]

My exact thinking!

[@-ksp-1288]

In time we will be welcoming our new strandbeest overlords lol

[@talesontables]

this touches my heart and makes me melancholic at the same time. especially now, that the strandbeests can fly as well.

[@stevetomassetti4420]

While I am fascinated with the design and mechanics of strandbeests, I am mesmerized and transported by the beautiful cinematography of the videos. Superb setting, lighting, music and tempo. True art that touches me emotionally in a wonderful, serene way.

[@The-kr9rb]

I for one, welcome our new Strandbeest Overlords.

[@gulliblestravels71]

😂🤣😂

[@idioticed4379]

(hl2)combine strandbeests

[@risk5riskmks93]

It seems they know more than we do. Why not capitulate.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

The orchestra is so beautiful, perfect timing... sad ending :(

[@alrikscyriel6208]

Okay. Now they can fly. I am literally on my knees.

[@connerhemmingson6033]

Alrik Scyriel after we a race dies these will walk the earth

[@alrikscyriel6208]

@@connerhemmingson6033 only if there is a replication mechanism. The only one they have now are we as a species. (Mr Jansen especially)

[@colettes9758]

I love it! Looks like a big dragonfly to me. My heart went thunk when it blew upside down. I really hope it still works! 🕊❤🕊❤🕊❤🕊❤🕊❤🕊

[@TØGITR]

Absolutely magnificent display of the eternal power of art. Your work, the composer and musicians all in synchronicity...Bravo! Art makes like worth living. Thank you!

[@calebingraham5179]

Flight is hard. Even harder with that kind of airframe. Im impressed at how well it flew actually, it appears like you have got the wing position correct, and when it was held down, it flew extremely well! however I am not well versed in vehicles more akin to parasails than wings so... Maybe look at those to see how they get over such issues as high wind speeds, etc? Either way, Im excited to see these flying as well as they do all the other tasks they've accomplished!

[@RomboutVersluijs]

My guess, the shapes of the wings or kites attache so to say. They have inward flow, it looked like the flow was instable and the counter part could not correct that flow. He woulld need to figure out how to keep a more steady flow.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Feels almost impossible to do. due to the weight of the core, the wings bend, due to that the winges have these bulges. Perhaps what could help is having the inner parts of the wings near the core be detached so pressure of wind flows of the wing. Now in flows towards the so called fuselage. This causes instability

[@aeromodeller1]

@@RomboutVersluijs The coxcomb broke, jammed to one side and caused it to roll into the ground. Also, having about five flying lines prevents it from adjusting to varying wind direction. A five point bridle attached to a single flying line might be more successful.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@@aeromodeller1 not sure I follow your comment, i had to look up coxcomb. Why reference a flower?

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@@aeromodeller1 if they are no lines it would even fly, basics of a kite! The wings need more structure

[@Luiciones725]

his whole goal has been to make a beach-dwelling automaton dragon all along.

[@ristomatti]

This was very satisfying to watch. I've randomly encountered your works of art since the early years of internet but I wouldn't have expected ever seeing them lift off. Incredible work!

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

The gorgeous and ultimately beautiful process of creating life, the places it can go and all its complexity, it all brings tears to my eyes... Theo is my favorite artist, and in my opinion the greatest of them. He realizes his task wonderfully, his work is only what I can call divine

[@justinhille8151]

This is truly stunning. I never thought I'd see a Strandbeest take to the skies!

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

Agreed! I have no clue where their evolution will take them in the next few years if this is what they have now gained in only one. This is the greatest art in the world, none can convince me otherwise

[@refusedone]

Poetic, beautiful, brilliant...wonderful

[@Mermaider]

You are a magnificent human being ❣️

[@tiercelkap]

The music, by the way, is by Khachaturian, the Adagio from the ballet "Spartacus" - a very well-chosen soundtrack.

[@marahmoonflower7926]

I love watching these awesome fantastical inventions!!!😁

[@magicsasafras3414]

I am a mechanical engineer with a passion. I am on the verge of tears but im in public so I can't cry. But its beautiful. This is what I live for.

[@eugenelee3553]

Your artwork and vehicular objects are out of this world. I hope that Hollywood will hire you SOON. Thank you for all the hardwork, creativity and aptitude from Seoul, Korea.

[@thecreaturefpv9295]

This is phenomenal. I hope we are able to see more iterations in the future!

[@Nishandh_Mayiladan]

vulnerability makes it beautiful...

[@vahanara]

That music sounds like T. Gilliam's "Brazil", in some dreaming scenes.

[@johncotton1570]

think it's Spartacus by Khachaturian

[@ScottishNatureBoy]

Yes, it is Khachaturian’s Spartacus, and it was used as the title music for the BBC’s 18th Century merchant sailing fleet drama series, ‘The Onedin Line’ in the 1970s which I suspect may have influenced its use here.

[@popopopopogo]

The first Strand type beest

[@aeromodeller1]

A Strandbeest kite! Kite flyers use a sand anchor that screws into the sand to hold down their big kites.

[@acopernic]

Thank you... waiting for seeing your creatures in vivo

[@BioClone]

Theo is a source of inspiration, deserves way more recognicion

[@hammo6641]

An artist in deed! I do adore you Theo.

[@gulliblestravels71]

Sort of hoped Theo would set Strandbeest free to find his destiny in the skies, poor thing just looked so depressed ploughing along with his wee nose in the sand. I would pay to watch these fantastic creations. Brilliant.

[@moragmacgregor6792]

so happy for another visit from the Strandbeest 🧡

[@frankinbeetle2494]

It's kinda like a dragon 🐉

[@idioticed4379]

i love ur videos , you should do more of those explanation type videos tho ,wher you just explain the new parts of the beast they truly are a new type of life,so diverse

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

I agree with you, Theo has taken a sort of sacred task if you think of it. I agree with you and him that they are a new form of life, and just like life it is beautiful and intricate

[@lettuceturnipthebeets790]

Gorgeous! And what power has the man to let his creature fall aside and get broken by the wind, what a strongman!

[@archive3824]

Wow, I knew Clément Ader for his work on stereophonic telephony transmission, never had particularly heard of his work on aviation. Very interesting!

[@ChrisP-ni4lz]

How moving and strangely beautiful

[@delighted008]

Thank you from algeria

[@joaofarias6473]

Geweldig! Thanks you so much for posting 👏

[@steveo7116]

Bloody majestic I say!!!!!! Bravo lad 👏

[@jv2513]

Imagine a world where we would all have our own contraption flying like this and soaring the skies living on floating cities and exploring big open green valleys and wide plains

[@rylamistrandall6517]

The only valley and plains we're going to explore is a nuclear wasteland when WW3 inevitably brokes out

[@ernestoglez6725]

"The vast desert lands... A giant trail drifts through the sky..."

[@frenchbulldawg]

Incredibly delicate astronomical, earthy, mechanical. How does one describe such a thing.

[@Restaurierung]

Schöner geht es kaum. Eine unglaubliche Leistung. Ich gratuliere !!!!

[@ZsomborZsombibi]

What a sad end. I hope that beast gets well soon!

[@antoniogarest7516]

Beautiful

[@tbone6396]

Can't imagine if he will create more designs like this, but capable of powered flight.

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

He might very well one day, every new thing to them fills me with awe at how they are even achieved yet alone in such simplicity of things, they are just as amazing as life of our forms are ✨

[@AnnesreborndollsandfunW]

Beautiful!!!!!!! ❤️🇨🇦❤️😀

[@marcelatirado6084]

Mm mm mi corazón Ss ss sin palabras QUÉ EMOCIÓN TAN MARAVILLOSA. Mil Gracias por darme esta Emoción.

[@Freeknickers24]

1:35 oh no strandie you are getting too loose.

[@あかさ-w5m]

新型もカッコイイ。 遂に飛んだか〜。

[@pizzahut1892]

Such a sad ending, I really feel for these beautiful creatures and my eyes watered a bit when it crashed into the sand....

[@RomboutVersluijs]

HOw about pressure flaps in the wings to decrease building presure in them. They could "deflow" to much force driven into them. If you could counter act those it perhaps could stabalize it self by using flaps

[@Phelan666]

This is like something out of a Miyazaki film.

[@CappeSun]

Theo’s Moving Castle.

[@TheSchneiders48]

Heel er knap, Theo !! Groot compliment !!

[@ВераШарахова-х8р]

Восхищение талантом учёного!

[@z4zuse]

Great. Music: Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Pretty baffled how those tiny wings can hold that big core up without collapsing

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

The beests are made of hollow pipes, might help with that but I agree they're a marvel, all around

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@@orbismworldbuilding8428 yeah I know. PVC piping, used to make blowgun from those pipes. They bend like crazy quite fast, that's why I was so baffled this thing actually was airborn

[@SimplestUsername]

I wonder if a design is possible where one of these can walk on relatively flat water.

[@OldManPaxusYT]

I wonder what a beach-walker thinks when they see one of these trundling along, down the strand, all by themselves (if they have no idea who Theo is)!

[@RandomPerson494-12c]

It's flying !!! IT'S FLYING !!!!!!!!!!

[@angelalivolsi1529]

Ich bin fasziniert!!

[@meymeyM7]

Wow those gliding ones are really cool! You should try more!

[@eskohc984]

it blowed my mind

[@pauloalves-fm6kf]

Genius. Amazing

[@daanwilmer]

Wow, amazing! I hope the broken wing can be fixed though.

[@reader1236]

Amazing! (And I felt so sad when it died at the end... :'( )

[@1Kent]

That's one helluva kite!

[@Abderrahmane_Aitouche]

Chapeau ......................... 👍 🎓 💨 🌹

[@dismith73]

1:40 The humanity!

[@Time-cc2qb]

Hindenburg

[@ゆふ森]

この人マジで天才だわ！ これを初めて見た時の衝撃と言ったら！頭がバグる！

[@johnramirez5032]

The fluid movents are spectacular. They look so natural its really amazing. Love the beautiful way the y move! Fantastic and wimsical. Nasa could use this design mabe? I would like to see more upclose video. Im surprised you got it to fly at all! How much does it weight?

[@Marcblur]

Your most beautiful video yet! I hope repairs weren't difficult.

[@amilchuin7677]

Theo, you are epic

[@axjagfilms]

They’ve learned to fly.

[@oceanusprocellarum6853]

Which beach or city is this? I'd very much like to go here one day, feel the wind, maybe build Strandbeests of my own.

[@DarthCool99]

This is some studio Ghibly shit 😭beautiful

[@maurizianegri1]

Volare ! Grazie

[@isauranascimentosilva6268]

Que coisa extraordinária 😮😮😮

[@ГеннадийЕжов-с5й]

Это гениальный человек!!!

[@ghostbucket]

What has eight legs, flies, and is made of PVC pipes?

[@mikeangelo2290]

amazing

[@offthewall9988]

thats a mad kite!

[@Dicen_Delirio]

OMG THEY FLY NOW

[@ineffablemars]

What is this piece of music?

[@СавваЗайцев-г8е]

Уау это очень круто, теперь они могут летать!)

[@nrjedmradiostation3830]

Is this a beach in the netherlands?? where it is?

[@ВераШарахова-х8р]

На финише было жалко😥, как будто это живое! Ох!

[@ΣοφίαΚαργιώτου]

Whats that creature is like an artistic paint who looks to have no point to made but hey its very artistic

[@PeepingUkulele]

🧡

[@sixfigureg]

Where can I buy this kite??

[@liliancarmem2381]

És um gênio!

[@carnosinehobs7759]

Now make strandbeasts that reproduce

[@polinalistener4910]

Хачатурян вдохнул жизнь в эти создания.

[@marcelatiradomejia3263]

A vallado la cresta

[@Алексейсвободныйблогер]

Гениально

[@gonzalojinkins425]

1:40 rip strandbeest

[@δόκανο]

Tell me Japanese boy. Is the wind still rising?

[@marcelatiradomejia3263]

No se si la siembra es

[@anabernardo8045]

Qual a utilidade disso

[@Visvogl]

Yes, but can they safe the world?

[@A_Pa-Plainjane]

You did not kill anyone while you were watching this, did you ?

[@Visvogl]

@@A_Pa-Plainjane 😄

[@marcelatiradomejia3263]

desplegar las alas de igual forma que con las piernas con telas de muecielagos. o sea las piernas y sus movimientos iguales en las alas. tal vez no se

[@arielmilillo8667]

👏👏👏👏