Fly Away Dragonair...or not

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    Why is it Dragonair can fly in the TV series of pokemon, but not in the game? For those who say, because it has no wings, it does on its head. Yes they are small, but they support Dragonair the same way a bee's wings can support its heavy body.
     
    Okay, you need to stop comparing things to a bee's wings. That has no relevancy. Penguin wings are smaller than their bodies and yet they cannot fly.

    A bee's structure is small, light, and compact. The wings themselves flap at almost 200 beats per second. Not to mention, they aren't that much smaller than the bee. Some bee wings are over half the bee's length.

    Dragonair is simply unable to carry itself because those wings are minuscule and its body is long and slender. If it were to fly, it would need to flap over a billion times faster than the bee, which would require many gigantic muscles in Dragonair's head. Factoring those muscles into the equation, the wings would need to flap millions of times faster than that. Even so, it wouldn't be able to keep its entire body afloat. The rest of it would just hang down.

    And what is that? Four feathers per wing? That isn't enough to keep anything flying.

    Dragonite shouldn't be able to fly either. The wings simply do not have enough surface area.
     
    Watch any tape of Dragonair flying. It's not moving it's "wings" at all.

    It probably flies by some ~mythicial~ dragon force thingy. How does Rayquaza fly? Same thing.
     
    I was just about to mention the "mystic force" aspect.

    Many, MANY Pokemon have the supernatural ability to float midair without any explanation. It's just how the Pokemon world is. It's not supposed to make sense.

    Mew floats with no wings, Mewtwo can too.
    The Magnemite family also does it. Throw a magnet up in real life. Will it fly? No, so Magnemites wouldn't be able to either.

    But that's beyond the question asked by the first poster.

    I believe Dragonair is seen flying in the Anime for cinematic reasons. To make it seem more majestic and regal, while the game doesn't need that necessary aspect.
     
    Also, for anyone any good at aerodynamics, I prepared some numbers for you.
    The length of Dragonair's body is a bit shorter than it should be, but that shouldn't matter.

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    Whatever, I just wanted to show that Dragonair flaps it's wings when it flys.

    But if you want to bring logic into a video game made for children you can do that all you want.

    Peace out.
     
    :P He's got a point. I have a feeling there's lots of things you can only explain if you actually know the wizard who did it. This is just one of them.
     
    Im a HUGGGE Dragonair fan, its ability to fly is a side effect of another one of its ability: the ability to change the weather. It uses modified Wind Currents to slip it into a jet stream that allows it to fly (this is explained in Pokemon Special) and in the games it is mentioned in the PokeDex it can fly, so the ability is canon in the games as well, just not used.
     
    sirboulevard said:
    Im a HUGGGE Dragonair fan, its ability to fly is a side effect of another one of its ability: the ability to change the weather. It uses modified Wind Currents to slip it into a jet stream that allows it to fly (this is explained in Pokemon Special) and in the games it is mentioned in the PokeDex it can fly, so the ability is canon in the games as well, just not used.
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    Oh yeah. That makes sense.
    Much more sense than using those silly "wings."

    Hadn't come to mind. +rep.
     
    Hahaha! I just got completely owned, unintentionally, it seems!

    Well then, screw the wizard, that'll work! Way to use brain power, boulevard! This made me laugh so hard I'm +repping you.
     
    Simply because the anime likes to get their facts wrong.

    On the topic of how it flies: typically, serpentine dragons do not use any wings at all; instead, they slither through the air like sand.
     
    I just remembered something. There was a legend I read about a dragon called a 'koul' that reminded me of the the Dragonair family.
    It went like this:

    "A koul is a snakelike, gigantic proto-dragon that must pass three tests of courage — the coming to aid of others, the act of swimming, and a literal 'leap' of faith — in order to become a dragon. Upon coming to the aid of others, the koul grows legs; after having swum in water, the koul is able to breathe fire; upon making the leap, the koul immediately sprouts wings."

    Although the breathing fire thing doesn't really fit.

    I also heard one about a proto-dragon called a Imoogi that has to live for a thousand years and catch a pearl in it's mouth to become a dragon. If it doesn't catch the pearl it must wait under 1000 years.

    Sorry, I'm gettting side tracked.
     
    Thanks for the + Rep guys
    Regigigas said:
    Dragonair can't fly because of it's weight. You can see that his fat.
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    Doesnt matter. Wind currents are strong enough to rip off rock, houses, etc. Plus, some trainers like Lance and Clair have been seen RIDING Dragonair, they can do such because the currents have to be strong enough to defy gravity, at which point its more a matter of mass than weight.
     
    Gymnotide said:
    Also, for anyone any good at aerodynamics, I prepared some numbers for you.
    The length of Dragonair's body is a bit shorter than it should be, but that shouldn't matter.

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    Whoa.

    I think I've created a new aspect of Pokemon: Sprite Mathematics. The only concern I have is that 61px shouldn't equal 4m, as that 4m refers to the Dragonair's entire length, and the height of the sprite only utilizes around half of Dragonair's full length.
     
    Cherii said:
    How does Rayquaza fly? Same thing.
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    I thought it was because legendaries were required to fly to prove their bad assness in a sense.

    which is kinda averted due to the beasts, regis, weather duo, and Heatran >_>
     
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