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UPDATE
JULY 2021
Progress on Nightingale so far.
Tailboom and empennage almost finished
Fuselage completely redesigned and
construction almost finished
Instrument panel finished and instruments mounted
Landing gear finished
Beak finished [every ornithopter should have a beak !]
- it contains the pitot/static probes and accelerometer etc.
Flapping mechanism almost finished.
Speed reduction unit finished
Engine mounted.


I'll post photo's and video of the
full-size, manned 34 foot wingspan
Nightingale N2 when the flight
testing starts later this year.

During the last 4 years Nightingale
has changed considerably as a result
of testing and research and is now
a tandem biplane and extremely
lightweight [see image below]



Nightingale was designed to test many
different wings and wing configurations
and the biplane tests will be followed
by tests in the original monoplane
configuration

The photo below shows the 8 foot
wingspan, proof-of-concept
radio-controlled test model
The design has since changed to
a 4 wing configuration



I will be updating regularly from now on.
So please check back often.