Re: Underwater questions [ot]
From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@q...>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:30:27 -0500
Subject: Re: Underwater questions [ot]
>Since I'm totally ignorant of the avian world, you'll have
to excuse
>this question: Do seabirds dive through the water?
>
>Of course, they've got foldable wings, which is tricky to
copy for
>vehicles (for various reasons - the cube/squared law and
the speeds at
>which airplanes move, for example). I'm not saying it's
impossible -
>and certainly there are some jets with limited wing-folding
ability -
>but it's tricky.
Be interesting to watch a plane try to fold its wings _while
in flight_ diving for the water.