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Pterosaurs were vetebrates that lived during the Mezozoic era, from 228 to 66 Million years ago. Pterosaurians evolved wings made of skin, fine hair-like down, muscle and sinew. They were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, some 228 million years before humans did with assistance from technology and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_on_the_Flight_of_Birds inspiration] from those vertebrates that had come before. | |||
Pterosaurians are not closely related to the Theropod dinosaur lineage that evolved feathers, and they mostly evolved independently. Pterosaurians were the first of 3 solutions by vetebrates to flight with the wing running from ankles to the fourth finger, the other two being birds (Avians) and the mammalian bats (Chiropterans). | |||
The Pterosaur in Flightgear uses a [[JSBSim]] model of flapping wings based on research papers. Combined with Flightgear's [https://www.flightgear.org/tours/advanced-weather-v1-4-in-flightgear-2-6/ terrain-driven] weather modelling including [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Soaring thermals] with [[Advanced_weather|Advanced Weather]], the Pterosaur allows you to some access to the experience flying with natural (flapping) wings, perhaps as you might have wondered about in the past when there was no such simulation available. | |||
== Keyboard controls == | |||
{| class ="keytable" | |||
! Key | |||
! Function | |||
|- | |||
|{{Key press|w}} | |||
|Retract wings for fast diving | |||
|} | |||
== Gallery 2018+ == | |||
<gallery mode="packed"> | |||
Pterosaur_over_Blue_Mountains_near_Katoomba_in_Australia_(FlightGear_2020.x).jpg| Over Blue mountains, Australia | |||
Pterosaur,_Hawaii_(Flightgear_2019.x)_02.jpg| Over Kauai | |||
Pterosaur_over_Blue_Mountains_near_Katoomba_in_Australia_with_signature_blue_haze_(FlightGear_2020.x).jpg| Over Blue mountains, Australia | |||
Welcome_to_the_Mesozoic_by_vnts.jpg| Over Kauai | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Related == | |||
The [[Dragon]] is a variant that uses the same flight dynamics as the Pterosaur but with different 3d art. | |||
The [[Dead Simple Human Powered Airplane|Dead Simple Human Powered Airplane v5]] (DASH PA) is a vertebrate (human) powered flying vehicle available in FGAddon (April 2020) | |||
== External links == | |||
* {{forum link|t=27814|title=How to create a dragon in FlightGear?}} | |||