The Spangled DRONGO is a native Australian bird. Its defining
features are iridescent black and green plombage ( carbon fibre ) and a splayed
out fish tail. This cheeky little bird came and sat on my shaping
room door and started making a racket the day I was shaping the
first future fish with the Simmons principles. It was a sign from
the unified field so that day the model the DRONGO was born.
Daniel exercising a Swordfish and a Drongo
Dave Rastovich checks out a
Drongo during filming of Hydodynamica
In 2003 I started work on the film Hydrodynamica. The producer of
the film Richard Kenvin showed me all of the original mathematics
and hydrodynamic principles of a surfer called Bob Simmons who
developed the first dual finned concave designs in the 1940s. I
immediately applied this knowledge to my carbon epoxy construction
and developed a super modern high performance future fish design
affectionately known as the DRONGO.
Daniel testing the flight
characteristics of the Drongo
The Drongo is known for its speed and
agility
Daniel giving a Drongo some stick on location in Indo filming
with Dana Morris for the film Beneath the Surface.
Super Typhoon Nida - Mark adventuring in Taiwan -
Whu Shi Harbour