{"id":9098,"date":"2020-10-31T16:10:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T20:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/?p=9098"},"modified":"2020-10-31T16:12:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T20:12:35","slug":"frigate-bird-study-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/2020\/frigate-bird-study-2","title":{"rendered":"Frigate Bird, Study 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Caladan Frigate Bird warrants at least one more study before I figure out how the Atreides would build an ornithopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1038\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-1038x725.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-1038x725.jpeg 1038w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-150x105.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-768x536.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-1536x1073.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-2048x1431.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-1200x838.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CD0469E7-2C93-45B9-B67D-C72B1E9BE3B4-400x279.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>If you lay down against the model for this bird with your feet at one wingtip, your head probably wouldn\u2019t reach the other wingtip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The frigate bird\u2019s whole body has evolved for aerodynamic efficiency. Even their size helps with their ability to fly; larger wings work better because, while the wing is bigger, the air has not scaled up with it \u2014 there is effectively more air to provide lift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dual tails also prevent vortices from forming from the bird\u2019s body. It\u2019s a beautiful inspiration for a society that prides itself on flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image.png 1080w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image-768x149.png 768w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image-1024x198.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Modular systems are a function of industrial society. But do people of The Fifth World still know how to agree to standards? With their acute interest in efficiency, I think they might have carried that lesson forward!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Caladan Frigate Bird warrants at least one more study before I figure out how the Atreides would build an ornithopter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":9136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,228,218],"class_list":["post-9098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-set-of-all-sets-that-do-not-include-themselves","tag-atreides","tag-caladan","tag-dune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9098"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9135,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9098\/revisions\/9135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}