Dragon bones are heavy? : V - Skyrim

» Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:40 pm

How are dragons even supposed to fly when they are heavy?

A plane is heavy, but how does it fly my friend? It is not relevant in terms of weight. A pterodactyl was heavy but it flew. Think about it

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:33 am

Dragons generate lift magically. Their wings aid with steering and balance.

This is all new to me so forgive my being a noob. :tes:

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:39 pm

Seeing as simply using the dragon language spoken in their own tongue is enough to cause pretty dramatic magical effects, I don't think its outside the realm of possibility that they are indeed magical creatures who possibly use magic to make themselves lighter. I mean we DO still have the feather spell I hope.

Yeah, maybe it's that dragons use feather on themselves and are then able to use their wings for flight.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:17 am

I took a look at this site: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/09/5-more-things-ive-learned-about-skyrim-murder-and-encumberance/ and when I kept reading I stumbled across this: "This is a game that lets you kill dragons, though, and Howard warned me that dragon bones are heavy."

Wait... What...?

How are dragons even supposed to fly when they are heavy?
Dragon bones are frequently described as hollow, like birds, so they are actually able to fly. Now these people who actually study these mythological creatures are somewhat convinced they actually exist so they try to image the most realistic possibility how they could live, fly, breathe fire etc etc..
TES V: Skyrim, however, is a fantasy game and plays off in a fantasy world. And in this world magic exists. So it could be that the dragon sort of lift themselves up or make them lighter with magic.

So...
What r ur thots on this?,.??" :spotted owl:

Oh my god, an inherently magical species in a fantasy world not functioning the way they would need to in the real world? How unusual! next you'll be telling me there's a race of cat-men who look different in advlthood depoending on the moon phases at the time of their bir... oh wait. Uh, next you'll be telling me that a race of elves wiped itself out becoming the skin of an artificial god robo... um. Next you'll be saying that the world has normal tidal and gravitational effects despite two moons and the sun and stars being holes to another dimentio... Uh, well, maybe you ought to just rething the whole premise of this post, eh?

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:29 am

they fly with magic and steer with wings

I have to say what a fantastic... load of tripe that lore explanation is.

Then tell me why do they flap their wings to generate lift? If they fly with magic why don't they steer with magic?

In fact why aren't they just floating brain creatures with big sharp teeth?

I don't think Bethesda thought about this while making them. They just wanted to make a cool looking dragon with cool animations.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:45 am

I took a look at this site: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/09/5-more-things-ive-learned-about-skyrim-murder-and-encumberance/ and when I kept reading I stumbled across this: "This is a game that lets you kill dragons, though, and Howard warned me that dragon bones are heavy."

Wait... What...?

How are dragons even supposed to fly when they are heavy?
Dragon bones are frequently described as hollow, like birds, so they are actually able to fly. Now these people who actually study these mythological creatures are somewhat convinced they actually exist so they try to image the most realistic possibility how they could live, fly, breathe fire etc etc..
TES V: Skyrim, however, is a fantasy game and plays off in a fantasy world. And in this world magic exists. So it could be that the dragon sort of lift themselves up or make them lighter with magic.

So...
What r ur thots on this?,.??" :spotted owl:

Thier flight is with magic, their wings are use to basically steer. You also have to take in consideration the size of dragons...Even hollowed bones would be heavy at those sizes.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:58 am

Then why does damaging their wings prevent them from flying, I wonder?

I'm fine with dragons ignoring Earth physics, but the idea that they fly with magic -- much less Thu'um; do they talk constantly to stay airborne? -- gives me quite a comedic image of dragon flight. Like as if they're blimps with little wings stuck to the side for steering.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:24 am

a plane uses engines to move, but it still needs wings to fly.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:05 am

Then why does damaging their wings prevent them from flying, I wonder?

It doesn't. They land when they've been sufficiently wounded.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:43 am

I have to say what a fantastic... load of tripe that lore explanation is.

Then tell me why do they flap their wings to generate lift? If they fly with magic why don't they steer with magic?

In fact why aren't they just floating brain creatures with big sharp teeth?

I don't think Bethesda thought about this while making them. They just wanted to make a cool looking dragon with cool animations.

please... stop :nope: