Comment on Could a bird propel a skateboard by flapping its wings?
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 months agoSurely you can see the energy required to pickup and fly with a skateboard is orders of magnitude greater than simply pushing the skateboard?
Comment on Could a bird propel a skateboard by flapping its wings?
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 months agoSurely you can see the energy required to pickup and fly with a skateboard is orders of magnitude greater than simply pushing the skateboard?
TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 2 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.
sukhmel@programming.dev 2 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)_/¯