06-27-2009, 12:46 PM | #31 |
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Re: Planetary requirements for Dragons to fly?
If you want to have dragons in a science fiction setting you might want to consider an environment like Larry Nevin's Smoke Ring.
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06-28-2009, 05:08 AM | #32 | |
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Re: Planetary requirements for Dragons to fly?
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Not that you need it particularly, just run up the atmospheric pressure. The much denser atmosphere of Venus will give you over 50 times the lift from either wings or gasbags, flying in seawater is good for about 800 times. Dragons are easy as long as you don't insist they fly in air humans can breathe.
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06-28-2009, 07:02 AM | #33 |
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Re: Planetary requirements for Dragons to fly?
For a gasbag, the weight of the envelope scales with surface area, which makes a large ratio of volume to surface area (i.e. large scale) good.
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