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Onboard a real falcon & hawk

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wiltzei

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Awesome video showing birds-eye view. Star Wars' speeder chase, anyone?

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Cool! I see birds don't like negitive G manuevers either. Lots or rolling in and out of dives, climbs..
 
AWESOME! The scenes of them flying through the trees remind me of the Star Wars scene in the forest on the flying bikes.

For having their eyes only one inch apart they have amazing depth perception.
 
Wing_Z said:
+1

9g...I wonder if they over-g, what happens?
Blackout?
Airframe disintegration?
Both?
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Ever see those long pin-feathers on the ground sometimes and thought "must have fell off a bird" ?? That's probably it - sort of like ripping your ailerons off under high -G's !!

:running:
 
Those hawks have one good processor between their eyes - talk about fast judgement calls when flying through the forest. Yikes! :applause:

Mike
 
quite amazing, the birds must have a light touch in their outer feathers to sense updrafts/thermals to enable them to instinctivly soar.:salute:

Here is one with a golden eagle, what a beautiful bird. It made me want to go hop in a glider in FSX:jump:

 
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