| From: | Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net> |
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| Subject: | Re: PuWa's guide part 3 |
| Date: | Fri, 24 May 1996 21:53:06 -0400 (EDT) |
>> I'm not sure what that means, but we'd have to have wings with
>> about a 12 to 18 foot wingspan, if I remember properly.
>
>18 foot, one foot is about 30 cms, right? 18x30T0 cms, 5
>metres (snip the remigant ends :). I gave each wing a length
>of 2.50 metres, so I didn't go too far after all, did I? Or were
>you saying EACH wing would have to be 5.4 metres (18 feet)? Now
>that would be much more difficult to handle :)
I think wingspan means tip to tip, right?
Unfortunately, I have no fuckin' idea where I got this bit o' trivia. :-(
>Reality check anyone? I would be interested in hard aerodynamic
>figures. Oh, yes, apart from the fact that it occurred to me
>humans can't actually handle flight since they haven't got a
>tail :) Any ideas?
And hollow bones. Don't forget that.
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