A Volaris flight from Guanajuato to Tijuana was briefly hijacked Sunday morning by a passenger who threatened to jump from the plane if it was not diverted to San Diego.
RAVEN’s design allows it to walk, traverse gaps in terrain, and even to jump up onto an elevated surface 26 centimeters high. The scientists also experimented with different modes of flight initiation ...
a man traveling with his wife and children reportedly grabbed a flight attendant, threatened her with a pen against her neck, and grabbed the handle to the plane’s door saying he would jump to ...
The fact that RAVEN can jump into take off ... While traditional fixed-wing vehicles are good at endurance and high-speed flight, their reliance on runways or launchers limits their broader ...
RAVEN can walk, hop, and jump into flight with the aid of birdlike legs ... RAVEN features an innovative design that enables it to walk, navigate uneven terrain, and leap onto surfaces as high as 26 ...
More information: Won Dong Shin et al, Fast ground-to-air transition with avian-inspired multifunctional legs, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08228-9 Aimy A. Wissa, Bird-inspired leg enables ...
It also enables them to reduce their take-off time and distance requirements, because they can jump into flight instead of needing to be launched or dropped. However, the design of such legs can ...
RAVEN uses spring-loaded legs for energy-efficient flight. Inspired by crows, it can hop, walk, and launch into the air. Built by EPFL researchers with a fixed-wing design for flying.