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Re: Campbell's even crazier than a MANIAC? (archeopteryx climbing)

To: Augusto Haro <augustoharo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Campbell's even crazier than a MANIAC? (archeopteryx climbing)
From: jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:12:10 -0600
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
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As a considerable oversimplification, because many of the changes that improve gliding ability (increased aspect ratio for example), also increase the moment of inertia of the wings, making flapping more difficult for the incipient flyer. JimC

----- Original Message ----- From: "Augusto Haro" <augustoharo@gmail.com> To: <jrccea@bellsouth.net> Cc: <erikboehm07@yahoo.com>; <dinosaur@usc.edu> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Campbell's even crazier than a MANIAC? (archeopteryx climbing)

I But I sometimes read that the trends towards gliding are opposite to these towards flapping flight; can somebody tell me why?

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