welcome also to diraf4410
`light on their toes`,and the really good ones wear `dancing shoes` anyway...!!!!.
Possibly funny terminology there, maybe sycamore is funny fellow, but I don't think so. Most of us may prefer to be known as quick on our feet rather than have any pixie toed connotations attached.
I tend to fly around in socks only with boots kicked off after the first coffee pour time, because they give my feet cramps.
Ref tail feathers into wind; It's a bit like shooting an arrow out of a bow backwards. It will be very unstable and the pesky tail feathers will take over very quickly and reverse the order of flight.
cheers tet.