Re: Pterosaur landing track

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Subject: Re: Pterosaur landing track
From: "jrc" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:19:03 -0600
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Yeah, they could take off from pretty much any surface, including water.

From a standing start, in a dead calm, and even in today's atmosphere. They

would be above steady-state stall speed by the time their manus left theground.

JimC

----- Original Message -----From: "Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>

Would it be safe to assume they took off from roughly the same ground
conditions?

References:
- Pterosaur landing track
  - From: "Unwin, Dr D.M." <dmu1@leicester.ac.uk>
- Re: Pterosaur landing track
  - From: "jrc" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
- Re: Pterosaur landing track
  - From: "Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>