P3_9 Kweh! A Flying Chocobo

Abstract

This paper investigates whether the fictional chocobo from Final Fantasy games could fly in reality and carry a person on it whilst flying. It was found that the chocobo with and without a passenger would need to flap its wings, 38 times a second and 22 times a second respectively. By taking a more reasonable estimate for flapping frequency of 2Hz it was found the chocobo would have to run at 154kmhr^-1. It was therefore deemed that the chocobo could not fly.