Human Ornithopter Problem?

From: Xenophile

> What
> bothers me is that every artist's conception I see of this has the
> wings at about shoulder level, while the human center of gravity is
> between the navel and groin. So the flapping athlete will only be able
> to fly about with the body in a vertical orientation.

I think this just means that, unlike the artist's conceptions, in
reality such wings will extend all the way down the sides of the body
and legs to the lower part of the ankles.
I envision these wings not only being attached via shoulder-harness and
hand grips, but additionally via a belt around the middle and straps
around each ankle.

Of course if strapped in this manner into wings which were quite stiff,
this would mean a person could neither bend at the waist nor knees. But
I suspect that such wings would be somewhat flexible, and such flexures
might become part of how one controls one's flight.

Regards,

Mike Combs