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[Lady Artifice]

This is for those of us with writing projects of our own, and research that needs doing. I thought we could possibly use a place where we bring our conundrums on the off chance that anyone can contribute any information, anecdotes, discussion, etc. We have a lot of varied expertise in this group.

 

For example, Steelcan is a great person to go to with questions about German language and history.

 

 

My current object of research: How large a wingspan would Pegasus (or any winged horse) need to actually fly?

 

 

[Steelcan]

far larger than could ever be practical given the mass of a horse and its... lack of aerodynamic design

 

you'd have to play around with the rest of the physiology a good bit to make it "practical"

[Steelcan]

does anyone here speak any non-Indo-European languages?

[Evamitchelle]

does anyone here speak any non-Indo-European languages?

 

I speak some Mandarin Chinese. 

[Panda]

does anyone here speak any non-Indo-European languages?

 

Well Finnish is Uralic language so that at least. I used to speak little Japanese as well, but I haven't kept that skill up.

[SardaukarElite]

My current object of research: How large a wingspan would Pegasus (or any winged horse) need to actually fly?

 

I'd short hand it like this: 

 

Wikipedia says a wedge tailed eagle has a length from 81cm, and wingspan from 182cm. 182 / 81 = 2.24. Google says a horse length is 2.4m*.

 

2.4m * 2.24 = 5.376m. 

 

Substitute with data for birds with wing types you feel are appropriate or specific breeds of horses. As Steel points out a horse is not a great shape for flying, and birds have hollow bones and stuff. Also they'd need a whole extra set of muscles ontop of their shoulders. However I figure the ratio will give you something which looks right.

 

*Apparently this a unit of measurement, but I assume it works as an approximation. 

[vertigomez]

Weeeeeee! I have nothing to research at the moment, but if anyone has questions about thanatology, human decomp, funeral customs, Chthonic deities, turkey vultures, or the psychology of grief... feel free to ask here or PM me. If you've ever considered having yourself buried in a hermetically-sealed titanium casket... don't!

[nightscrawl]

^ Gomez, you and Conal Pierse seem like you'd have a lot of fun together. He apparently does things like,

Conal Pierse ‏@ConalPierse
At Home Depot "Do you have any tubs large enough to hold a human head? Oh this? This is just a large roll of plastic and some latex gloves."

Sheryl Chee ‏@SherylChee
K, so next time you do these things can you have someone follow you around with a camera? I want to see the reactions you get.

Conal Pierse ‏@ConalPierse
You would be surprised how nonplussed most people are to weird requests at a Hardware store.