Rubber Band Powered Rhamphorhynchus

[Allan Smith <fossilsmith@hotmail.com>]

Does anyone on the list know of any modern attempts to reconstruct the 
flying Rhamphorhynchus model by the zoologist and behavioral scientist Erich 
Hoist?

This construction was a wing beat model based upon the known "artificial 
bird" mechanism and resembled the Rhamphorhynchus from Sollnhofen with a 
wingspan of 1.2m. It was made out of balsa, Japanese paper and incorporated 
a complicated rubber band power system.

I am plannig a boy scout pack meeting based on flight and would love to work 
pterosaurs into the discussion. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Allan D. Smith
Fossilsmith Studios
http://www.fossilsmith.com