▲ 62 ▼ Could a bird propel a skateboard by flapping its wings? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TheBananaKing@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments That is to say, could they get enough forward thrust to push themselves along, without taking off? Maybe with like a little perch to hang onto...
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Most likely, yes. If anything, a bird may stand in reverse and flap the wings in front of itself. But I would expect that its maneuver ability would allow it to do so in different ways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent