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Originally Posted by freebeard
The engineering is rudimentary. Maybe he was dumb-ing it down for his times. His inspiration was realizing trout can keep station in a moving stream of water by gulping water through their gills. They flick their tail when they want to go somewhere.
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A trout would be a nice form to mimic.Sir George Cayley used a lake trout for his aeronautical studies.NACA developed an airfoil section which is virtually identical to Cayley's lake trout.
The 455-mph Speed Demon body was inspired by a Coho Salmon.Good technology!
