Nero tol Scaeva. The engineer who first designed the, ah, 'drone' in question. And you seem to have managed to grasp the basics well enough without assistance.
[That he would have been more specific if he had intended it as something other than a way to see what Tony was capable of goes unmentioned.]
And did you not hear the part where it had been meant to support a larger warmachina? One that would have had its own compliment of weapons?
[And would have been more well-armored besides, though he doesn't mention as much.]
But in answer to the implied question. The wings are as much for maneuverability as they are anything else. Ceruleum gas provides much of the requisite lift in any given design. Nor do current technological advances allow for controlled flight without some manner of wings, especially in the absence of some manner of magic.
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[That he would have been more specific if he had intended it as something other than a way to see what Tony was capable of goes unmentioned.]
And did you not hear the part where it had been meant to support a larger warmachina? One that would have had its own compliment of weapons?
[And would have been more well-armored besides, though he doesn't mention as much.]
But in answer to the implied question. The wings are as much for maneuverability as they are anything else. Ceruleum gas provides much of the requisite lift in any given design. Nor do current technological advances allow for controlled flight without some manner of wings, especially in the absence of some manner of magic.