I love the noise it makes and how it manages to look like a helicopter and biology inspired. And the wing folded dive to get to the spice harvester is just fantastic.
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
117 points (95.3% liked)
ᑐ ᑌ ᑎ ᕮ
1308 readers
1 users here now
A community for discussions and news about the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert; including books, movies, TV shows, and video games.
Rules:
- Be civil
- No bots are allowed without explicit mod approval
- No AI artwork
- Post relevant content
- No spoilers in title, mark spoilers
- No spamming or trolling
- Only relevant posts
- Let people like what they like
- Follow all Lemmy.world rules
- No memes outside of designated weekly meme posts.
Please report any rule violations.
Related Communities:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The reason nature has no rotation is because you can't connect nerves, blood etc. So making something that flaps up and down because nature does it, where rotation is far simpler and more efficient, is odd.
For this reason I found them somewhat absurd to look at. From the slow and sluggish start up to the suddenly physics defying power they got out of them.
I think dragon flies are a lot more agile than helicopters though. So if they've figured out how to fly like one, I imagine it would be the better choice.
They are more agile because they are tiny. Surface to mass ratio. One scales ³, one only ².