Sentences with phrase «flying contraption»

Originating in the fluid forms of Rodin, the organic curvilinear forms of Art Nouveau and Jugenstil, and the ovoid forms of Constantin Brancusi, it attracted even Constructivists like Vladimir Tatlin (1885 - 1953), who based his Letatlin flying contraption on an organically biodynamic principle (the flight of birds) rather than a mechanical one.

At various points throughout the game, you stumble across this duct - taped flying contraption called a Buzzer, which looks like something you would see in one of those Red Bull energy drink commercials.

A Swedish engineer has created this wonky, flying contraption, made from eight gas - powered propellers, a small tube frame, an open seat and an R / C controller.

These may have included Leonardo da Vinci, who dreamed up several flying contraptions, including a square parachute and a glider that, when reconstructed in 2002, flew for 18 seconds.

With all of these flying contraptions zipping around, it's hard to deny that they seem awfully reminiscent of regular old remote - control helicopters and planes.

As part of this Friday's events I invite you to stop by MichealKate Interiors and Gallery to revisit the current show, Birds and Other Flying Contraptions.

It's a bird... It's a plane... Wait, it's both Mankind has long been fascinated with the idea of soaring through the sky like a bird, though oddly enough, many of the early flying contraptions were so bizarre as to seem plucked from thin air — even though nature had conquered that realm eons earlier.

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Furthermore, when their social contraptions fail to fly, ideologues blame not themselves but all who see through the simplifications.»

Inspiration comes to us in many different ways: a bird inspiring us to build a contraption to fly, a falling apple uncovering the science behind gravity, the astounding power of a summer storm to garner the electricity to light up our lives.

The months of work that went into building the flying chair contraption for the few moments in the air was in my opinion so totally worth it, So it is official, Mommy Niri is cool!

Rutan's firm, Scaled Composites, builds odd - looking contraptions like the Vari - eze that pilots find delightful to fly.

The contraption, which tracks scores of individual flies, makes it possible to analyze how behavior varies from fly to fly.

Sophie stumbles onto Howl's strange mobile household, a walking contraption of gears, pulleys, balconies and apertures that resembles one of the bloated creatures from Terry Gilliam's «Monty Python's Flying Circus» animation.

There's so much to love about this movie; the compelling story, the old school hand drawn 2D animation, the steampunk aesthetic, and the contraptions like the flying blimp bikes that the police operate.

As educators, we often pride ourselves in our ability to «build the plane while flying it,» but there's a very clear reason why the FAA would never allow this sort of contraption to leave the runway!

A new Porsche six - cylinder feels like it would spin smoothly to centrifuge speeds; this air - cooled contraption sounds like it might fly apart at 5000 rpm.

The brave souls that leaped into these dangerous contraptions and pushed them to unexplored extremes became new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace.

You take up the role of Herbie, a chubby Ladybug, who is too bored to fly by himself and creates whatever wild contraption you can imagine to fly from one flower to the other.

The lounge is low on charging outlets for devices, so you can separate yourself from your phone, iPad, selfie stick, etc. and use this super cool contraption to get juices for your electronics prior to flying.

The trailer features much of the gameplay demoed by the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto during the announcement, including the Wii Remote / Sword, Nunchuk / Shield control system and that awesome remote - control - flying - beetle - contraption... thing.

Following the success of Fable 3, Lionhead's art director, John McCormack, built a pitch for Fable 4 that would push the series into the future with futuristic contraptions like flying machines and tram cars.

Aside from an old man in a helicopter contraption, your main source of flying soldiers are the Sky Warriors, Balbaroy and Amon.

In October 1901, the Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos Dumont saw his flying machine complete a trip around the Eiffel Tower after coming from the Parc Saint Cloud, all in under half an hour — the first contraption to do so.

Borg told Digital Trends last year that he sometimes gets «a little scared» when he flies his extraordinary contraption, though he said it's because he fears «pilot stupidity» rather than mechanical failure.

Not because she's itching to go on The Ranger or The Flying Saucer or one of those terrifying contraptions.