Stanford researchers create new method for recording bird flight in 3D

Researchers in the Lentink lab developed a new way to record wing shape during bird flight in 3D. This high-resolution, high-speed, automated reconstruction method could be applied to any studies of movement.

[@maggieli6159]

Splendid tech

[@biggusmunkusthegreat]

Why not use lidar for this? just curious.

[@RonSheely]

Might the bird's high angle of attack be similar in principal to a standard "short field takeoff" practiced in flight school using steeper flap settings?

[@RonSheely]

It's been nearly fifty years since I have done this, but with short field takeoff, we set flaps to [can't remember, but a "big" number of degrees], hold the brakes, push throttle all the way in, let the break go, rocket ahead, and instead of waiting for "natural" liftoff, pull back on the yoke. High drag, high lift, and I remember climbing at a steep attitude. Flight is a little "squishy, closer to stall than normal takeoff". After a decent airspeed is attained, we slooowly reduce flaps to zero, as airspeed continues to ramp up. It seemed similar to what the bird did. I'm not sure how ground effect factors in.

[@justinle998]

Parrolet!!!

[@anavsingh2794]

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