Comment on Could a bird propel a skateboard by flapping its wings?

Octospider@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TheBananaKing@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yea, but I was talking about taxiing like a plane on the runway.

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Surely you can see the energy required to pickup and fly with a skateboard is orders of magnitude greater than simply pushing the skateboard?

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    • TheBananaKing@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, and that’s not the question I’m asking.

      I’m asking whether they could sustain forward thrust in a standing position, and without actually taking off.

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      • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Most likely, yes. If anything, a bird may stand in reverse and flap the wings in front of itself.

        But I would expect that its maneuver ability would allow it to do so in different ways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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