thanks dave, but i'm afraid i was clear eariler.

the reason i would like to use particle instancing of the tailed object rigged with dynamic hair system,

is so i can have control over the animation of the particles, hence control over the bunch of tailed objects
(e.g a bunch of tailed kites flying in unison)

maya particle instancing only works with a static mesh, or a sequential mesh.

not a mesh rigged with dynamics?

tail object rigged with dynamic hair -> particle instance the tail = possible? or workarounds?

thanks in advance!