Re: Screaming dromaeosaur biplane killers of the air

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Jim Cunningham (jrccea@bellsouth.net) wrote:

<If the leg feathers were held in a semi-horizontal plane in a
flightworthy position, if they were capable of transmitting flight loads
to the hindlimb skeleton, and if they were held stationary behind a
flapping forelimb wing, then they did help generate thrust.>

  This is assuming something with a greater camber than, say, a piece of
paper or a flat feather, in order to generate thrust?

  Cheers,

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Jaime A. Headden

  Little steps are often the hardest to take.  We are too used to making leaps 
in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to do.  We should all 
learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world around us rather than zoom by it.

"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)

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