Page 65 - Atlas of Creation Volume 4

Harun Yahya

Sikorsky, one of
The dragonfly flight system is a marvel of creati- the world’s leading heli-

on. It has two pair of wings located diagonally on copter manufacturers, based the
its body. The wings work in counterpoint; as the model it produced to carry troops
two front wings are rising, the two wings in the and material on the dragonfly. Pho-
rear are falling. Wing movement is established by tographs representing the dragonfly’s
two opposite groups of muscles. One end of the flight techniques were loaded onto a

muscles is attached to an extension in the body in IBM 3081, and 2,000 special illus-
the form of a winch. One muscle group contracts trations based on the way the
to enable one pair of wings to rise, while the ot- insect moves in the air

her muscle group relaxes to an equivalent degree were produced.
to allow the second pair of wings to fall.
Dragonflies can reach speeds of between 30 to
Thinking of how many factors involved in order for an aircraft
60 kilometers per hour (18 to 37 MPH) in a very
to fly gives a much better idea of the actions performed by in-
short space of time. The dragonfly also possesses
sects such as the dragonfly, based on exceedingly complex cal-
tremendous maneuverability. No matter at what
culations:
speed or what direction it may be flying in, it can
The length of an aircraft , its height, wing span, wing surface
stop momentarily and start moving in the opposi-
area, maximum take-off weight, maximum landing weight, num-
te direction. Or it can hover in the air, waiting in
ber of engines and power, fuel capacity, maximum range, tra-
a suitable position.
vel speed, take-off distance; these all need to be exactly right.
This long list of calculations continues to be perfor-

med during flight: the altitude at which the ve-
hicle is to fly, the maneuvers to be made, to
descend or to maintain course without
any unsteadiness, the rate of fuel con-
sumption, the measures to be taken in

the event of difficult air conditions.
The list is long and quite complex.
Insects, on the other hand, make

none of these calculations. From
the moment they hatch, they act li-
ke flawless miniature flying machi-
nes applying all these delicate cal-
culations in the most perfect way.

Their flight is highly controlled, ba-
lanced and expert.

One hundred and twenty-five milli-

on years ago, at a time when evo-
lutionists maintain the world was a
primitive place, dragonflies posses-
sed a flight system that today’s

technology simply cannot match.

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