Only problem is that the Wright Bros. didn't invent the biplane; there were glider clubs at least a decade before them. What the Wright Bros. did was put an engine on a glider and invented powered flight. I don't think the Dinosaurs did that.
Just glanced at the article. Actually this particular "theory" has been bandied about for about five years that I know of. I have also seen a full scale working repro of a Quetzacoatlus northropi. Pretty impressive. Given the winds whipping around one huge supercontinent, it's a pretty fair bet that this posture would work.
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Date: 2007-01-23 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-24 05:02 am (UTC)In order for dinos to beat the Wright Bros., they would have had to build a heavier-than-air flying machine, not just be one.
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Date: 2007-01-24 09:20 am (UTC)Actually this particular "theory" has been bandied about for about five years that I know of. I have also seen a full scale working repro of a Quetzacoatlus northropi. Pretty impressive. Given the winds whipping around one huge supercontinent, it's a pretty fair bet that this posture would work.
But we'll never know now, will we?