Fact: Flies will only continue to beat their wings so long as their feet are free. As soon as the feet become stationary, the will stop flying.
This alone debunks the joke parading as an actual possible scientific experiment, How to build a fly powered toy aeroplane. This was apparently originally published in Mad Magazine, which should logically prove that it’s not really something tried and true.
I’ve done a quick search on google for further debunking sites, but have found none so far. I’ll keep you posted.
So anyways, we had this discussion about flies and that cass reckons that a fly can’t fly with another one on its back. I reckon it can, it just means the altitude and top speed is lowered…
I have heard that making a cat powered catamaran is a great project for a rainy sunday afternoon.