[Spaceships] Ornithopter Wings no longer TL5+2!

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

The issue is that flapping wings are very efficient and maneuverable at small sizes. It will always be at best a gimmick for anything approaching human sizes, and at worst close to impossible.

True. While not strictly superscience, practical (large) ornithopter wings are highly cinematic. Certain sympathetic technologies (such as ultra-efficient Nanomaterial "Muscles") could make it more useable. In Dune it was hinted that Ornithopters used their wings mostly for maneuvering, and had jets for cruising flight.