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Quetzalcoatlus - bearing on maximum size of Dragons?

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 3:48 pm
by Corva
Quetzalcoatlus wikipedia article

This creature i said to have had a wingspan of 10m. Weight estimates have a range of over 100kg. Based on this, it's not inconcievable that Dragons could be this large. It might even be possible - and I hope it is - that they could lift 100kg additional weight, making Dragonriding possible.

Re: Quetzalcoatlus - bearing on maximum size of Dragons?

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:45 am
by Corva
Hmmm... this is strange: a Dragon forum where Dragon discussions doesn't get many posts.

Re: Quetzalcoatlus - bearing on maximum size of Dragons?

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:16 pm
by alondor
Who cares at least it is dragon related which is why I came here.

Anyway that things bone structure is unlikely for a dragon since the wings would have to be even bigger so that the dragon could walk. I see this area as unlikely

Re: Quetzalcoatlus - bearing on maximum size of Dragons?

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:20 am
by Falconer
Pterosaurs, by all acounts, didn't do a lot of walking, and then at very slow speeds. The structure of Quetzy isn't similar enough for dragonriding evaluation.

Re: Quetzalcoatlus - bearing on maximum size of Dragons?

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:56 am
by dr drako dragon
your so right it's possible for them to fly :read: :computer: :computer: :computer: :read: