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Originally posted by rnicey
Weight has nothing to do with it. A parachute weighs what, 10-20 pounds, they drop real slow when open, real fast when closed. Same weight.
Birds are aerodynamic (in one direction), but they are also lightmass and horribly un-aerodynamic for vertical lift. The resistance (force) is great, that's how they can glide.
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and what if they fall down the same way that they would usually fly? beak on the bottom?