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<blockquote data-quote="xshibax" data-source="post: 8910502" data-attributes="member: 7040143"><p>Alright, so most pterosaurs actually defied physics due to the fact that their wings didn't line up with their body weight/size. If you are to increase the length of an animal, (ex., a dragon,) it would be x. As x increases, the wings would grow by x². This would make it easier to fly, right? Absolutely not. As the body gets longer, and the wings get larger, so does the mass. As the length increases by x, and the wings increase by x², the mass actually increases by x³.</p><p></p><p>That is a lot of weight to add, right? So you would need something that makes it easier to fly. Hollow bones, like some birds? No, they would weigh too much and crush their own bones. How about solid bones? Well, those weigh more, and would make it even more difficult. </p><p>Now say that your dragon looks like Schwarzenegger, as jacked as humanly possible. You would be strong enough, right? Nope, you are just adding weight.</p><p></p><p>What a dragon may have, though, is some kind of organ, like another lung, that just fills with air. Many fish have these to cause more buoyancy, and some birds have even been known to have them so they can fly easier. </p><p></p><p>That is about all I can give for how a dinosaur could fly with smaller wings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xshibax, post: 8910502, member: 7040143"] Alright, so most pterosaurs actually defied physics due to the fact that their wings didn't line up with their body weight/size. If you are to increase the length of an animal, (ex., a dragon,) it would be x. As x increases, the wings would grow by x². This would make it easier to fly, right? Absolutely not. As the body gets longer, and the wings get larger, so does the mass. As the length increases by x, and the wings increase by x², the mass actually increases by x³. That is a lot of weight to add, right? So you would need something that makes it easier to fly. Hollow bones, like some birds? No, they would weigh too much and crush their own bones. How about solid bones? Well, those weigh more, and would make it even more difficult. Now say that your dragon looks like Schwarzenegger, as jacked as humanly possible. You would be strong enough, right? Nope, you are just adding weight. What a dragon may have, though, is some kind of organ, like another lung, that just fills with air. Many fish have these to cause more buoyancy, and some birds have even been known to have them so they can fly easier. That is about all I can give for how a dinosaur could fly with smaller wings. [/QUOTE]
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