Once he got the gearing right, the buckets were working a lot like helicopter props. I think he would have had better control with pusher props and the bucket axle closer to the center of gravity.

On Apr 14, 2017 8:04 PM, "Bruce Johnson" <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
Entertaining 18 minutes <http://hackaday.com/2017/04/14/kfc-winged-aircraft-actually-flys/>

Mainly it shows that if you overpower a light object enough you can make it fly :-)



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