They didn't say how much it might have weighed but it had to be really heavy for a bird, I guess 30 or 40 Kg? How did such a monster get off the ground?
Originally posted by sonhouse http://phys.org/news/2014-07-world-largest-ever-bird.html#ajTabs
They didn't say how much it might have weighed but it had to be really heavy for a bird, I guess 30 or 40 Kg? How did such a monster get off the ground?
Look at the fossil, that dude had serious teeth!
Isn't that bigger than some small airplanes?
The smallest manned aircraft I've heard of has a wingspan of 7.32 metres.
Originally posted by DeepThought It is smaller, but there appears only to be one of them - there are numerous VP-1's. Also it's a bi-plane. Nice post though.
So a 7 meter wingspan can support at least one person along with the weight of the plane so it doesn't seem unreasonable for a bird of that size to be able to fly. They said it could be as much as 7.3 meters wingspan so that puts it in line with a small plane.
Originally posted by sonhouse So a 7 meter wingspan can support at least one person along with the weight of the plane so it doesn't seem unreasonable for a bird of that size to be able to fly. They said it could be as much as 7.3 meters wingspan so that puts it in line with a small plane.