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Clickable Emoticons	thenightandthefury wrote: > > [img]http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/poundpets2006/toothlessridinggear_zps552f7a43.png[/img] > > > [img]http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/poundpets2006/toothlessridinggear1_zps6ffc55c4.png[/img] > > > [img]http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/poundpets2006/toothlessridinggear2_zps1cdf560b.png[/img] > > > [img]http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/poundpets2006/toothlessanimation_zpsd706adf3.gif[/img] > Are we also forgetting that in the series Stoick successfully rode > Toothless? > > I would think they are using the tip of their toe. They probably are not > putting enough pressure on it to break it, but the tip of their boot or > heel could control it. I don't think the petal is built just for Hiccup. > There are ways for other people to ride it, and I think its rather close > minded to question what DreamWorks came up with. I am personally gonna > study it, and see what I come up with. > > Also about Hiccup not reinventing the auto tail; times change, and if he > felt Toothless was ready to fly on his own, why not give him the auto tail? > Although he chose Hiccup in gift of the night fury, perhaps Toothless grew > to want to fly on his own. I would think as an animal he would want some > freedoms, as no animal is completely tame. So I don't see why its a bad > idea to think that the tail is used somewhat like the auto tail. > > I will upload the pics in a sec, but as far as I can tell; > > Hiccups good foot is in a stirrup like thing, that might help stear. > Similar to a horse stirrup, only dragon styled. His other foot is connected > to a metal rod, which is connected by sliding his mechanical foot over it, > with a hole in his foot so it will lock in place. > > By moving this forward he can adjust the tail, and by pressing a lever > forward he can switch it to an auto lock position. > > This is all seen in the teaser trailer right as he says "What do you > think bud you wanna give this another shot?" > > You will see a brief shot of both his legs when Toothless makes the groan, > so pause there. Then you will see him move his foot lever forward. And then > a lever with his hand. > > One could move this rod that he uses with his leg just by nudging it with > their foot. One could also use the lever with their hand, though he > probably never used this. > > My theory is that by nudging the lever he was able to position Toothless > tail, as it isn't really a "no one else can do this thing" > because all it would take is him nudging his foot against it to move it. > The other thing would be more like a stirrup, so its possible his other leg > wasn't even firmly in the stirrup.
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dorcas18 18 Jul 2014, 06:43

Once again thank you NightoftheFury, for your detail explanation about the wing mechanism.
I can know appreciate more on what Dreamworks has toiled into this project.

Sure to have level up my aerospacing knowledge a bit

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