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Timing for Animation, 40th Anniversary Edition, 3rd Edition
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Timing for Animation, 40th Anniversary Edition, 3rd Edition

by Harold Whitaker, Tom Sito, John Halas
February 2021
Intermediate to advanced
184 pages
4h 7m
English
CRC Press
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Bird Flight

Birds are well adapted to fast movement through the air. They are streamlined and waste the minimum amount of energy in the air. The body enhances the movement by lying in the direction of the airflow. The legs are tucked up or trailed in flight.

The aerodynamics of bird flight is very complex and it is unnecessary to go into detail. The power stroke is the downward stroke against the cushion of air beneath the bird, and during it the air resistance closes the feathers and the wing makes as large an area as possible, to maximize the thrust. Birds have very large chest muscles to power the downstroke. The muscles controlling the upstroke are much smaller, as the air resistance is much less. During this stroke the wing folds partially ...

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