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How can dragons propel their breath attacks to a long distance
Napalm-Breathing DragonWeapons for Long-armed (Winged) Dragons?Can dragons wear armour?Would dragons cook their food?Can a dragon's fire breath be liquid based?How do dragons not burn themselves?How could dragons run?How can my dragons use their tongues to control their fire breathing?Monsters vs You /Dragons/ The reason for a truce?How can I increase wingbeat frequency for large flying creatures?Can my heraldic dragons fly?
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So if you remember my dragons:
- They aren't that big (roughly a shire horse in size, but a longer neck and a tail)
- They use graphene in their bodies, which might or might not explain how they fly
- They have additional player classes and levels, but that's against vehicles and the Terminator.
So, dragons use their breath attacks as a ranged weapon,
- They can shoot far (~50 meters)
- The liquid, they shoot, remains a thin stream and doesn't lose cohesion until connecting with the target.
- They should be able to aim precisely.
How could they propel their breath attacks, given these criteria?
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So if you remember my dragons:
- They aren't that big (roughly a shire horse in size, but a longer neck and a tail)
- They use graphene in their bodies, which might or might not explain how they fly
- They have additional player classes and levels, but that's against vehicles and the Terminator.
So, dragons use their breath attacks as a ranged weapon,
- They can shoot far (~50 meters)
- The liquid, they shoot, remains a thin stream and doesn't lose cohesion until connecting with the target.
- They should be able to aim precisely.
How could they propel their breath attacks, given these criteria?
science-based dragons bio-mechanics
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MephistophelesMephistopheles
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So if you remember my dragons:
- They aren't that big (roughly a shire horse in size, but a longer neck and a tail)
- They use graphene in their bodies, which might or might not explain how they fly
- They have additional player classes and levels, but that's against vehicles and the Terminator.
So, dragons use their breath attacks as a ranged weapon,
- They can shoot far (~50 meters)
- The liquid, they shoot, remains a thin stream and doesn't lose cohesion until connecting with the target.
- They should be able to aim precisely.
How could they propel their breath attacks, given these criteria?
science-based dragons bio-mechanics
asked 2 hours ago
MephistophelesMephistopheles
2,37821037
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So if you remember my dragons:
- They aren't that big (roughly a shire horse in size, but a longer neck and a tail)
- They use graphene in their bodies, which might or might not explain how they fly
- They have additional player classes and levels, but that's against vehicles and the Terminator.
So, dragons use their breath attacks as a ranged weapon,
- They can shoot far (~50 meters)
- The liquid, they shoot, remains a thin stream and doesn't lose cohesion until connecting with the target.
- They should be able to aim precisely.
How could they propel their breath attacks, given these criteria?
science-based dragons bio-mechanics
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They just need for the liquid to have a very high surface tension or even be slightly gelatinous (like napalm, which was developed for the same needs you have).
Then they can employ a relatively simple two-chamber mechanism, with a larger reservoir chamber where the liquid accumulates, and a smaller chamber with muscle walls and a sphincter to shoot the liquid.
Having the liquid catch fire at a small distance from the mouth protects the dragon from the fire (they simply need to shoot the liquid faster than its flame speed, and stop the jet at once without slowing it down; hence the two-chamber mechanism). The dragons might do that through electric discharges from the teeth, for example, or by quickly sparking together their fangs (they'd need to be made of, or covered with, some suitable substance, like flintstone).
To attack, the dragon opens the sphincter between the fuel reservoir and the shooting chamber, enlarging the latter. The depression pumps the fuel out of the reservoir. Then the sphincter serrates and the muscles begin to tighten, greatly increasing the pressure in the shooting chamber. The release sphincter at the opposite end opens, and a short cartilagineous duct drives the liquid outside, past the larynx and the mouth. The teeth smash together giving off sparks that ignite the jet, exactly like a flamethrower.
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You want napalm.
The substance which gives it its name - it's made of aluminum naphthenate and aluminium palmitate - serves as a thickening agent. This allows it to stick to surfaces, part of what made it so successful, but also means that it maintains a fairly cohesive spray.
As you can see in the picture, napalm can do all the things you specify. It can be sprayed dozens of metres, with decent precision, and doesn't dissipate into droplets but remains in a steady jet.
See the top answer here - Napalm-Breathing Dragon - for how to make that work biologically.
answered 1 hour ago
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Noice, +1. How do I shoot it fast enough to hit targets 50 meters away?
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They just need for the liquid to have a very high surface tension or even be slightly gelatinous (like napalm, which was developed for the same needs you have).
Then they can employ a relatively simple two-chamber mechanism, with a larger reservoir chamber where the liquid accumulates, and a smaller chamber with muscle walls and a sphincter to shoot the liquid.
Having the liquid catch fire at a small distance from the mouth protects the dragon from the fire (they simply need to shoot the liquid faster than its flame speed, and stop the jet at once without slowing it down; hence the two-chamber mechanism). The dragons might do that through electric discharges from the teeth, for example, or by quickly sparking together their fangs (they'd need to be made of, or covered with, some suitable substance, like flintstone).
To attack, the dragon opens the sphincter between the fuel reservoir and the shooting chamber, enlarging the latter. The depression pumps the fuel out of the reservoir. Then the sphincter serrates and the muscles begin to tighten, greatly increasing the pressure in the shooting chamber. The release sphincter at the opposite end opens, and a short cartilagineous duct drives the liquid outside, past the larynx and the mouth. The teeth smash together giving off sparks that ignite the jet, exactly like a flamethrower.
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They just need for the liquid to have a very high surface tension or even be slightly gelatinous (like napalm, which was developed for the same needs you have).
Then they can employ a relatively simple two-chamber mechanism, with a larger reservoir chamber where the liquid accumulates, and a smaller chamber with muscle walls and a sphincter to shoot the liquid.
Having the liquid catch fire at a small distance from the mouth protects the dragon from the fire (they simply need to shoot the liquid faster than its flame speed, and stop the jet at once without slowing it down; hence the two-chamber mechanism). The dragons might do that through electric discharges from the teeth, for example, or by quickly sparking together their fangs (they'd need to be made of, or covered with, some suitable substance, like flintstone).
To attack, the dragon opens the sphincter between the fuel reservoir and the shooting chamber, enlarging the latter. The depression pumps the fuel out of the reservoir. Then the sphincter serrates and the muscles begin to tighten, greatly increasing the pressure in the shooting chamber. The release sphincter at the opposite end opens, and a short cartilagineous duct drives the liquid outside, past the larynx and the mouth. The teeth smash together giving off sparks that ignite the jet, exactly like a flamethrower.
answered 1 hour ago
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They just need for the liquid to have a very high surface tension or even be slightly gelatinous (like napalm, which was developed for the same needs you have).
Then they can employ a relatively simple two-chamber mechanism, with a larger reservoir chamber where the liquid accumulates, and a smaller chamber with muscle walls and a sphincter to shoot the liquid.
Having the liquid catch fire at a small distance from the mouth protects the dragon from the fire (they simply need to shoot the liquid faster than its flame speed, and stop the jet at once without slowing it down; hence the two-chamber mechanism). The dragons might do that through electric discharges from the teeth, for example, or by quickly sparking together their fangs (they'd need to be made of, or covered with, some suitable substance, like flintstone).
To attack, the dragon opens the sphincter between the fuel reservoir and the shooting chamber, enlarging the latter. The depression pumps the fuel out of the reservoir. Then the sphincter serrates and the muscles begin to tighten, greatly increasing the pressure in the shooting chamber. The release sphincter at the opposite end opens, and a short cartilagineous duct drives the liquid outside, past the larynx and the mouth. The teeth smash together giving off sparks that ignite the jet, exactly like a flamethrower.
answered 1 hour ago
LSerniLSerni
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They just need for the liquid to have a very high surface tension or even be slightly gelatinous (like napalm, which was developed for the same needs you have).
Then they can employ a relatively simple two-chamber mechanism, with a larger reservoir chamber where the liquid accumulates, and a smaller chamber with muscle walls and a sphincter to shoot the liquid.
Having the liquid catch fire at a small distance from the mouth protects the dragon from the fire (they simply need to shoot the liquid faster than its flame speed, and stop the jet at once without slowing it down; hence the two-chamber mechanism). The dragons might do that through electric discharges from the teeth, for example, or by quickly sparking together their fangs (they'd need to be made of, or covered with, some suitable substance, like flintstone).
To attack, the dragon opens the sphincter between the fuel reservoir and the shooting chamber, enlarging the latter. The depression pumps the fuel out of the reservoir. Then the sphincter serrates and the muscles begin to tighten, greatly increasing the pressure in the shooting chamber. The release sphincter at the opposite end opens, and a short cartilagineous duct drives the liquid outside, past the larynx and the mouth. The teeth smash together giving off sparks that ignite the jet, exactly like a flamethrower.
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You want napalm.
The substance which gives it its name - it's made of aluminum naphthenate and aluminium palmitate - serves as a thickening agent. This allows it to stick to surfaces, part of what made it so successful, but also means that it maintains a fairly cohesive spray.
As you can see in the picture, napalm can do all the things you specify. It can be sprayed dozens of metres, with decent precision, and doesn't dissipate into droplets but remains in a steady jet.
See the top answer here - Napalm-Breathing Dragon - for how to make that work biologically.
answered 1 hour ago
SealBoiSealBoi
7,64412577
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Noice, +1. How do I shoot it fast enough to hit targets 50 meters away?
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You want napalm.
The substance which gives it its name - it's made of aluminum naphthenate and aluminium palmitate - serves as a thickening agent. This allows it to stick to surfaces, part of what made it so successful, but also means that it maintains a fairly cohesive spray.
As you can see in the picture, napalm can do all the things you specify. It can be sprayed dozens of metres, with decent precision, and doesn't dissipate into droplets but remains in a steady jet.
See the top answer here - Napalm-Breathing Dragon - for how to make that work biologically.
answered 1 hour ago
SealBoiSealBoi
7,64412577
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Noice, +1. How do I shoot it fast enough to hit targets 50 meters away?
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– Mephistopheles
31 mins ago
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You want napalm.
The substance which gives it its name - it's made of aluminum naphthenate and aluminium palmitate - serves as a thickening agent. This allows it to stick to surfaces, part of what made it so successful, but also means that it maintains a fairly cohesive spray.
As you can see in the picture, napalm can do all the things you specify. It can be sprayed dozens of metres, with decent precision, and doesn't dissipate into droplets but remains in a steady jet.
See the top answer here - Napalm-Breathing Dragon - for how to make that work biologically.
answered 1 hour ago
SealBoiSealBoi
7,64412577
$endgroup$
You want napalm.
The substance which gives it its name - it's made of aluminum naphthenate and aluminium palmitate - serves as a thickening agent. This allows it to stick to surfaces, part of what made it so successful, but also means that it maintains a fairly cohesive spray.
As you can see in the picture, napalm can do all the things you specify. It can be sprayed dozens of metres, with decent precision, and doesn't dissipate into droplets but remains in a steady jet.
See the top answer here - Napalm-Breathing Dragon - for how to make that work biologically.
answered 1 hour ago
SealBoiSealBoi
7,64412577
answered 1 hour ago
SealBoiSealBoi
7,64412577
answered 1 hour ago
SealBoiSealBoi
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answered 1 hour ago
SealBoiSealBoi
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Noice, +1. How do I shoot it fast enough to hit targets 50 meters away?
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31 mins ago
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Noice, +1. How do I shoot it fast enough to hit targets 50 meters away?
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– Mephistopheles
31 mins ago
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Noice, +1. How do I shoot it fast enough to hit targets 50 meters away?
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– Mephistopheles
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Noice, +1. How do I shoot it fast enough to hit targets 50 meters away?
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