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Air Art on Vimeo (video)

— vimeo.com — Credits flip Tags airship 18 airship regatta 1 fish 1260 flying fish 3 HD 13642 HF100 1254 HF10 613 blimp 38 14 Likes Ken Ma 14 minutes ago Bluesun 2600 31 minutes ago Justus Bruns 31 minutes ago william okamura 57 minutes ago ... (more) Air Art on Vimeo (video)

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Fish Tank Friday: Flying Fish
OhGizmo! — [ Direct Link ] By Evan Ackerman Fish tanks, by definition, are restrictive, and don’t give fish the freedom to explore the upper atmosphere. It’s a real problem, especially if you have a flying fish, like this one. Much like the Festo Air_ray, this fish is most likely filled with helium and controlled by servo-powered fins. There aren’t many more details, but it seems to have been an entry in a German airship regatta. Click here for a video of the longest ...

Fish blimp
MAKE Magazine: hacks — ... made to date, both from an aesthetic and a technical, propulsion design standpoint. From the looks of the video, the servo actuated pectoral fins are used as control surfaces to both steer and control elevation. The tail serves dual purpose as well, providing propulsion and acting as a rudder during hard turns. I know it's how fish have been rocking things since the Paleozoic, but I'm still surprised to see how effectively this design functions in a man-made craft. Fin-Fish by LaChLuVe, Empa Dübendorf, Switzerland