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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on July 19, 2006, 07:26:24 pm

Title: The First Delta Wing Fighter was a lizard.
Post by: Nemesis on July 19, 2006, 07:26:24 pm

Link to full article (http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060718_delta_wing.html)

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The triangular delta-wing shape found on many modern fighter jets was used by a small reptile to glide between trees 225 million years ago, a new study suggests.

Title: Re: The First Delta Wing Fighter was a lizard.
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on July 19, 2006, 07:47:23 pm

Bet it was cancelled due to budget cuts.

Title: Re: The First Delta Wing Fighter was a lizard.
Post by: Nemesis on July 19, 2006, 10:17:02 pm

Quote from: Punisher NCC-2000 on July 19, 2006, 07:47:23 pm

Bet it was cancelled due to budget cuts.

It was just scaled down - it was supposed to be a Roc and eat apatasaurs for lunch.

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It was about 8 inches long, weighed less than a tenth of a pound