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>"The difference can be likened to pedalling a bicycle uphill versus coasting downhill, said Bret Tobalske, a bird flight expert" More like - coasting uphill!
by glaberficken 6y ago
>"The difference can be likened to pedalling a bicycle uphill versus coasting downhill, said Bret Tobalske, a bird flight expert"
More like - coasting uphill!
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoAny land based analogies (that don't involve a geological time scale) are going to be bad because the land doesn't move whereas the air does and efficiently harnessing that movement to get gravitational potential energy which can be converted into motive power is how gliding things stay airborne