Re: New MANIAC book is out! -good/poor flyer

[Mike Habib <habib@jhmi.edu>]

On Feb 22, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Augusto Haro wrote:

> 2010/2/22 Mike Habib <habib@jhmi.edu>:
>
> > Such distinctions are essentially a matter of personal discretion,
> > and as such, I urge those on the list publishing on subjects  
> > related to
> > flight (or any area of locomotion) to discuss the topics in terms  
> > of more
> > objective characteristics, and drop (or specifically define) more  
> > arbitrary
> > distinctions like "good", "poor", or "weak".
>
> Such as quantification?

Quantification would be wonderful.  If full quantification is not  
possible, then a breakdown into discussion of, for example, continuous  
flapping capacity versus soaring capacity is much more informative and  
defensible than throwaway terms like "good".

--Mike H.