Texdoc
18th Oct 2005, 13:11
Looks like nature had a handle on STOL long before we did...
See Here (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8133)
roundwego
18th Oct 2005, 18:52
Link misplaced. Maybe it is lost
Texdoc
18th Oct 2005, 23:10
No sure what the problem is, it still worked for me if it is not working here is the text version...
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8133
If you want the breif on what it is about before you click, basically an article on prehistoric flying reptiles and how they most like had deployable '*spats' on the leading edge of their wings.
* Not sure if that is the correct term, extensions on the leading edge in any case.)