Re: Pterosaur flight

["James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

Well, perhaps mostly because pterosaurs didn't have feathers (they weren't birds), and perhaps also because feathers wouldn't increase the control over what is available to the pterosaur membranes.

Jim

paul sparks wrote:

 

why not make a "feathered" wing to save weight and to gain control. p sparks 

-------Original Message-------

 

From: fossilsmith@hotmail.com

Date: Friday, December 28, 2001 13:56:25

To: jrccea@bellsouth.net

Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu

Subject: Re: Pterosaur flight

 >I hope you can persuade him to make some of the techniques for flight 
>control more realistic.<

It seems as though he is relying on readily available RC servos. To achieve 
more realistic flight he may need to explore the option of custom designing 
a servo to fit his very specific needs - that could prove to be quite the 
challenge using the fixed fiberglass wings that he currently uses.
 

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

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