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I honestly had no idea such things were possible. Aside from the sheer amazing delight, are there advantages to flapping-wing modes of flight?
It's the future! I think that it would be great for agility, and perhaps to mimic insects so the army can use them covertly.
I honestly had no idea such things were possible. Aside from the sheer amazing delight, are there advantages to flapping-wing modes of flight?
Two Wings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn5pPy9BX3w
Four Wings http://youtu.be/rJwIhnFxuWQ
More wings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyDLs0w48tA
That's so cool! At 63cm, I wouldn't exactly call it a dragon fly though...A flying squirrel maybe? :D
That's so cool! At 63cm, I wouldn't exactly call it a dragon fly though...A flying squirrel maybe? :D
That's so cool! At 63cm, I wouldn't exactly call it a dragon fly though...A flying squirrel maybe? :D
Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from the Carboniferous period approximately 300 million years ago, which resembled and are related to the present-day dragonflies. With wingspans of up to 65 cm (25.6 in), M. monyi is one of the largest known flying insect species; the Permian Meganeuropsis permiana is another. Meganeura were predatory, and fed on other insects, and even small amphibians.
That's so cool! At 63cm, I wouldn't exactly call it a dragon fly though...A flying squirrel maybe? :D
Really old dragonfly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from the Carboniferous period approximately 300 million years ago, which resembled and are related to the present-day dragonflies. With wingspans of up to 65 cm (25.6 in), M. monyi is one of the largest known flying insect species; the Permian Meganeuropsis permiana is another. Meganeura were predatory, and fed on oth…