In their 2007 study, Chatterjee and Templin tested this hypothesis as well, and found that the combined wing surface of Microraptor was too narrow to successfully parachute to the ground without injury from any significant height.
U svom istraživanju iz 2007. godine, Chatterjee i Templin su testirali i ovu hipotezu i otkrili su da bi kombinirana površina krila Microraptora bila premalena za uspješno spuštanje na tlo bez ozljeđivanja.