You watched that movie too didnt you?Dragons are more like zeppelins.
The chemical process that lets them breathe keeps them afloat, and the wings are just for propulsion and maneuvering.
Simplified theory:
Young dragons can fly without issue.
Old dragons can fly because they've flown their whole lives and aren't about to let a little physics tell them what they can and can't do.
No, just the noxious fumesIf dragons are just zeppelins and the hydrogen is propulsion does that mean that they breath fire out of their posteriors?
I care about the mass because I want my dragons to be powerful, F=ma. The mass is important.Why would anyone know or care how much they weigh? It's not like they're going to be put on a scale any time soon. It doesn't have to make a difference on how strong they are (because magic).
Let's not bring up dragon cloacas, that way lies madness.If dragons are just zeppelins and the hydrogen is propulsion does that mean that they breath fire out of their posteriors?
But mass and weight are not the same thing. After all, nobody pushes around a dragon!I care about the mass because I want my dragons to be powerful, F=ma. The mass is important.
Personally I like the idea of GoT dragons with their extremely heavy "iron" bones, thus needing to be even more powerfully magical!
Well, my ... friend ... used to generate fire with the aid of a lighter from noxious fumes so who says you can't have the best of both worlds?No, just the noxious fumes
Its from a fairly absurd animated movieIf dragons are just zeppelins and the hydrogen is propulsion does that mean that they breath fire out of their posteriors?
Yes and no. Dragon wings are to small to make them actual fliers; however, they can't realistic be big enough (and strong enough) to actually enable a creature that size to fly. The largest flying creatures of all time maybe weighed 500 lbs. An adult dragon is probably a least 10,000 lbs. Therefore an adult dragon (about 15 feet long + neck + tail) would need a wingspan of approximately 700 feet to have the same weight to wing surface area. That is all kinds of impossible and would just look bad.