[gurps] Dragon Aerodynamics

[Susan Koziel]

Think about what that would be like if you weren't in the safety of your truck and you might have some inkling of how I felt in front of the golden eagle - it was a particularly sharp turn on a trail in the Rocky Mountians near Banff, and neither I, my hiking partner, or the eagle expected to find anyone around. We determined from later observations that there was a nesting pair in the area and we figure it was the female (the larger of the sexes) we ran into.

They flew past us the next day when we were one mountian over and on the edge of the ravine... they were below us.
That was cool... but the first incident wasn't so much.
-Sue

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From: David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2007 7:19:45 PM
Subject: Re: [gurps] Dragon Aerodynamics

On Nov 8, 2007 8:33 PM, Susan Koziel <kataryna_dragonweaver at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> And frankly "a dragon that's 10 hexes long, half of which is tail, and is probably no more than 8' at the shoulder" would be enough to scare me spit-less. Ever been hiking and met a golden eagle on your path? The thing was sitting on a farmers fence post and decided to stretch - it's one wing was the length to the next post. It may have only stood half my size but while flying it was huge with claws and a huge beak.... and I felt very very small suddenly. It was similar to encountering a Grizzly Bear (but I never got that close to the Bear - and I wasn't about to stop and watch either).

I had a run in with a bald eagle on a forest service road in Kentucky
a few years ago.  I came over a hill, and the baldy was in the middle
of road, eating road kill, I guess.  I stopped before hitting it, it
turned around, and spread its wings, and cackled at us for a bit
before flying away.  Its wings took up almost the whole road!


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