A man-powered ornithopter-sailplane, which has one or two pair of flapping
wings and a hang-glider wing wherein substantially novel femoral and
humeral muscular propulsion engines with the aid of which the body
members connected thereto form integrated moving-flying and
controlling-guiding mechanisms. Femoral arms are fixed to the torso base
from which the movements for the wings flapping with respect to axles
inclined to a horizontal direction are transmitted through the
intermediate links of a kinematic chain. The wings comprise a row of
rotational rods arranged therein and provided with elastic feather-like
panels which produced during flapping, in a closed or turned position
thereof, aerodynamic profiles and corresponding lifting and propulsion
aerodynamic forces. The controlling-guiding movements are transmitted
from the humeral arms to the flapping wings using movable ball joints.
The diversity of movements of the femoral arms, humeral arms, hang-glider
wing make it possible to control the flight.