Practical Thoughts on Humans with Wings

[Katadeus]

I've thought about this for years personally. Have you done any kind of calculation as to whether or not it would be feasible in terms of weight and power?

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[.Atlas]

I've thought about this for years personally. Have you done any kind of calculation as to whether or not it would be feasible in terms of weight and power?

Quite a few but they're all chicken scratch. I also have plans for new eyes and such. I get bored in school a lot. :x

[Jerkface]

Wings are absolutely useless for humans.

[Orion]

and it would create all sorts of international tension. hand these to some mexicans and they can just FLY over the border :D

and then you'd accidentally fly into military airspace and get shot down, because they can't communicate with you because these wings don't come in with a built in radio like helicopters and planes do.

[.Atlas]

and it would create all sorts of international tension. hand these to some mexicans and they can just FLY over the border :D

and then you'd accidentally fly into military airspace and get shot down, because they can't communicate with you because these wings don't come in with a built in radio like helicopters and planes do.

What would the shoot you down with? Not hot enough for heat seakers and a plain old unguided would be neigh impossible. Not many bases have old fashion AA guns like they used to.

[Alteration]

And for the people with chronic sleepyness, well...

[Grodus]

I like the idea, but you'd need to address these problems too - Drunk flying, Human brain's speed in comprehending things VS flight speed, and the force resistance of the wing feathers.

 Also, it's not just flapping them that would tire the muscles, but also holding them rigid when gliding. Seriously, imagine getting a fairly thin wooden plank, putting it in between two rocks, and standing on it. nanosuitmuscles or not, tiring will still be a problem. If you take a long flight, and you're exhausted then what will you do to land, hmm? How will that work? No way it'd be soft, that's for sure. And we haven't talked about leg force resistance.

Oh, speaking of leg force resistance, wouldn't it be more strain on our legs to basically have a new pair of arms that weigh more?


Oh, and how would clothing work? Skin-tight insulated suits? Because traditional apparel is NOT good for keeping in heat if you're going at a high velocity, and mass is also a problem. How much do these "Nano-muscles" weigh? Or how they would work with replacing your legs?
Or the rates of medical complications from leg muscle replacement be? And the costs! Oh, the costs...


Anyway, to be more detailed, Drunk flying, like, drunk driving - That'd be an even bigger problem, because the safety levels would be worse than motorcycles - not that I have anything against motorcycles, I'm just saying it's dangerous.

Human's brain speed on comprehending things, like, if you're an actor, if you get fake punched, how long does it take for you to stagger backwards? Or, how good are you at timing things in a game? Or parkour! Best example right there: Parkour.

Another thing about clothing - Would you put clothing on the wings? The wings do count as a naked part of your body, soooo...




like, 8th edit: I have a feeling there are more problems that are on the tip of my mind, I just can't think of them. Argh!


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DONT QUESTION WHY ITS JUST MY PASSION TO THINK OF ANGELS ROAMING THE EARTH!!!!!!!!!

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[Katadeus]

and it would create all sorts of international tension. hand these to some mexicans and they can just FLY over the border :D

and then you'd accidentally fly into military airspace and get shot down, because they can't communicate with you because these wings don't come in with a built in radio like helicopters and planes do.

You're forgetting that this would all be incredibly expensive

[ChappersTeddy]

There's a book + film/movie called Skellig. Skellig lives in Michael's garage after the house's previous owner died, strangely on the toilet. Skellig consists of one common feature: arthritis and a very uncommon feature: wings.
This book also consisted of various uses of ''evolution''. (David Almond is the book's author)

Almond has provided public answers to some frequent questions from his school visits. Among other points, "The book is set in my house and my garage. When we moved here, the garage was in the same condition as the garage in the book, and there really was a toilet in the dining room." As a boy he had a baby sister and he learned from his mother that "shoulder blades are where our wings used to be, when we were angels." When he wrote the book he didn't know what Michael would find in the garage and he doesn't yet know what Skellig is.
Almond has acknowledged the influence of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings", a short story by Gabriel García Márquez. Paul Latham compares the works in a research article, "Magical Realism and the Child Reader: The Case of David Almond's Skellig". Despite many similarities, he notes that Almond's child protagonists are much more caring and accepting than the close-minded and sometimes cruel adults in the Márquez story. Also, Mina and Michael keep Skellig a secret from the rest of human society. Thus the negative social commentary in Skellig, regarding medical institutions and other aspects of adult society, is not as harsh as in Márquez's story.

A theory about this is that Skellig could've been a demon - but I don't think that's very likely.

[T0XIC]

Humans don't have wings because we don't need to escape quickly. We have a brain for us to think before we act.

[Dezcaban]

ahahahahaahaha

i know why OP wants this

[Axolotl2]

"Hey guys, I'll go fly to Europe without this immigration bullstuff!"

Nah.

Also, I'd find someone with wings to be really awkward.

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"Hey guys, I'll go fly to Europe without this immigration bullstuff!"

Nah.

Also, I'd find someone with wings to be really awkward.

Like someone said, they'd take up a lot of space.