23.04.2010, 11:24
NineToes Wrote:Quote:Cool. Fafnir, about your name. Just today I had to write a fairy tale for school, and the dragon's name was Fafnir. Coincidences are so weird
Wasn't Fafnir the dragon from the Nibelungenlied?
Aside of that, team Daidalos is truly pushing the game beyond its limits! All hail to the genii
Indeed he was. Although the Wagner piece was inspired by the Volsunga Saga. I understand he was a greedy bastard (as I am with altitude ) so it seemed appropriate. Conincidentally, Fafnir was also the name assigned to the BMW/Bramo 323 Fafnir airplane engine which powered the Do17P/Z, Ar196, Fw200, Do24, and others. 5500 were built before the line shut down in 1944. Fafnir's greediness comes into play here too because apparently the 323 was a bit of a gas guzzler.
Cheers,
Fafnir_6
P.S. I love the proper latin pluralization of the word "genius" Salute!