RE: Evidence For a Feathered Velociraptor...

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Jim Cunningham wrote:


>>But it's a tough sell to say that these forces qualify as "aerodynamic load".


> Under the circumstances that you describe, that is exactly what they qualify 
> as. 


Sorry, I should have been more specific.  Would the aerodynamic load in this 
case (_Velociraptor_ leaping through the air, or 
extending its forelimbs toward prey) be comparable to what bird wings are 
exposed to during flapping flight?  

Cheers

Tim
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