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A Dutch man said he completed a flight of about 330 feet using homemade wings based on those of a bird.
Jarno Smeets, 31, an engineer, said he controlled the 55-foot wings using two Nintendo Wii controllers, the accelerometers from an HTC Wildfire S smartphone and Turnigy motors when he took off Sunday at a park in The Hague and flew for about a minute.
"Ever since I was a little boy I have been inspired by pioneers like Otto Lilienthal, Leonardo da Vinci and also my own grandfather," Smeets said.
Smeets has been chronicling his progress on the Human Bird Wings project on YouTube. (UPI)
<한글 기사>
30대 男, 닌텐도 Wii로 날개 만들어 하늘 날다
네덜란드의 30대 남성이 집에서 직접 제작한 날개로 330피트 (약 100미터)를 날았다.
엔지니어인 쟈르노 스미츠씨는 닌텐도 위 게임기와 HTC 스마트폰, 모터를 이용, 16미터에 달하는 날개를 제작•조정해 지난 일요일(현지시각) 헤이그 공원에서 약 1분간 비행을 했다.
스미츠는 “어릴적부터 오토 릴리엔탈, 레오나르도 다 빈치 그리고 우리 할아버지와 같은 분들에게 영감을 받았다.”고 말했다.
날개를 만드는 과정은 시간순으로 유트브로 공개됐다.
