/me glides.

well I never seen this before I sent the pm. Your idiocy amazed me, not only do you glide right by the point of the message you seem to take it and mold it into your own little war. Ignore is a word I was taught in school as well; and your fuckin on it. your full of such shit, one thread your defending someones religious right and here your condemning a countries cuisine preference. I wonder if you look in the mirror and realize what type of jackass you present yourself to be.

*NSFW for the "Gliding through the f*cking Matrix" bit, which was hilarious.

That's one step removed from a glider. 25:1 glide ratio? That's amazing. And it's pretty quiet. I want one.

>> ^raverman:
What did they expect? it would gently push off from the side and glide in tiny circles?
This is why we don't have a Moon base - because of stupid scientists wasting money on experiements in space where the outcome is OBVIOUS.
But wait - we might see what it does to their physiology?
I say: who gives a shit! are we planning to fly to Mars on giant moths? It's hardly relevant to human exploration.


Wrong. Nature long invented a lot of science/technology well before humans "invented" it. Dismissing nature for the advancement of human science is inconceivable. Also to all you "obvious" people, what if it flew? what if it flew perfectly and elegantly? Hmmm could it be grounds for study in to improving our movement in low gravity? Everything is obvious in retrospect, thanks.

I'm glad there are scientists out there who don't listen to naysayers and actually try new things. Black swan people, black swan, will we ever learn?

What did they expect? it would gently push off from the side and glide in tiny circles?

This is why we don't have a Moon base - because of stupid scientists wasting money on experiements in space where the outcome is OBVIOUS.

But wait - we might see what it does to their physiology?
I say: who gives a shit! are we planning to fly to Mars on giant moths? It's hardly relevant to human exploration.

Wonder how well it glides/falls-out-of-the-sky if the mechanism jams... seem like small wings.

Parahawking involves skydiving while specially-trained birds of prey swarm around you, including vultures, eagles, and falcons. It’s available in Nepal courtesy of a bird rescue group called Himalayan Raptor Rescue. Hypothetically, it should lead to a superior paragliding experience:

Birds of prey have a natural instinct to conserve energy wherever and whenever possible. During a flight, a bird will burn more energy than it would if it was just sitting in a tree, this means it has to eat to replace the used energy. Sometimes birds will travel long distances to find food. To conserve energy whilst flying, birds of prey use thermals. Thermals are rising currents of warm air that are created by the sun heating the ground. Birds can gain height and travel long distances without flapping their wings by using thermals. Paragliders also use thermals when they are flying and will often use wild birds to guide them to where the thermals are. Our trained birds are no different, they will find the thermals in order to stay aloft and conserve energy whilst flying. We as paragliders harness their ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.

Our birds need to be rewarded for guiding us into the thermals. During the flight the passenger will place small morsels of meat onto his gloved hand, the birds will come and gently land on the hand to take the food, and then gracefully fly away to find the next thermal. A perfect symbiotic relationship.

This tandem aerial sport was first developed in 2001, and since then it has joined climbing Mt. Everest and going to that monkey temple as a must-do for anyone visiting Nepal. $150 buys you a 30 minute glide through Parahawking.com.

I wasn't talking about gliding being the foolish part, but his take off surface. It only takes one large rock or bump to turn your plane sideways. and on that surface, it would be a roll if that happened.

EDIT (Just fyi, his only real method of control at the downhill part was rudder and brake. Rudder is only good for small adjustments, and brake would of likely sent the him head over heals. )

I thought it was cool but no big deal. Planes glide.

> It isn't even a real plane but some tiny kit ultra light.

Oh, it's a real plane, it uses wings, airelons, elevators and a rudder. Is a 747 not a plane but a giant behemoth?

It isn't even a real plane but some tiny kit ultra light. I'm not sure the point of showing a plane can glide.

From the tire tracks at the landing site, he's planned this out. Probably by cutting the engine close to where he takes off.

The plane he's flying is practically an ultra-light. The take off was no more dangerous than hang gliding.

Just FYI, if you want to see Batman attacking someone from the victim's perspective while he glide attacks them, you can press R2. It's pretty awesome watching Batman descend from above this way

I really loved this game and thought Yahtzee got everything dead on. Boss fights were so bad. I also had weird headaches from playing the game for too long. But that's just me

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Interesting facts about Albatrosses...

- They have an acute sense of smell, which is unusual for birds.

- They drink sea water, and remove the salt via a gland near their eyes that secretes a 5% saline solution.

- Males and females bond over years, eventually for life.

- 19 of the 21 species are threatened

- They have special tendons that allow the birds to lock their shoulders, requiring no muscular effort to keep their wings open.

- Albatrosses have a glide ratio of 23:1

- They are not strong fliers, and their wing shape is poorly suited to flapping flight, but instead for efficient lift while gliding. In calm weather they are forced to rest on the surface until the wind returns .


Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross