Comment on Realistic Wing Tutorial - P.2 by Sunnybrook1
Hi! I dont quite have enough elastic and theyre pretty expensive where I'm from so is there anyway to skip the elastic here? You mentioned in your tutorial that I should just do the math but I cant seem to find the instructions for that
Something to use instead of elastic in the arms to mount the feathers onto? 
Hmmm, this design requires something at least similar to elastic to work I'd say no, and since elastic is so flat & stretchy I still recommend it, but if you find something else (maybe bungee cords & bend the feather shafts around it, pinching it in place?) give it a shot & let me know how it goes.
And do you mean the math that determines the length of the feathers?
It's shown in Realistic Wing Tutorial - P.1 , but the "measurements" come from the actual lengths of feathers from wild birds, photographed & catalogued in the Feather Atlas, the ones I made of crow's feathers were in centimeters, I just changed centimeters to inches and tried it out, and they looked/worked great.
Hope that answers your questions~
Hmmm, this design requires something at least similar to elastic to work I'd say no, and since elastic is so flat & stretchy I still recommend it, but if you find something else (maybe bungee cords & bend the feather shafts around it, pinching it in place?) give it a shot & let me know how it goes.And do you mean the math that determines the length of the feathers?
It's shown in Realistic Wing Tutorial - P.1 , but the "measurements" come from the actual lengths of feathers from wild birds, photographed & catalogued in the Feather Atlas, the ones I made of crow's feathers were in centimeters, I just changed centimeters to inches and tried it out, and they looked/worked great.Hope that answers your questions~