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A flock of birds? That land???

L

Lionheart

SOH-CM-2014
Hey guys,


So I am on the ground, checking out how systems work, and I note what I thought was a cloud of rain coming my way.

Nope.....

Its a flock of birds. I think they are seagulls. Not sure. I have seen them before, but only when taking off. These guys fly all around, many doing different flights then the others, then.... they land! and they are moving around pecking the ground.. then they are back airborn again.

No drain on frames..

Note on the extreme zoom shot where they are on the ground, their wings are no longer flapping, all up, and they were actually making 'ground pecking' gestures, lol..

Pretty cool. I hadnt set and watched them before. Nice little nature detail.





Bill
 
Yep, they're pretty cool. I had my first bird strike the other night. Fortunately it did no damage. They can take out your windshield or engine.

Jim
 
Yea, thats a nice detail. My first birdstrike made me jump out of my chair. A loud bang and the windsheild cracked. The bird actualy left a bloody mess on my plane! I was flying the default cessna 172.

The blood and gore windshield crackeffekt is only in 2d cockpit, not in the 3d one.
 
Peter SWE said:
Yea, thats a nice detail. My first birdstrike made me jump out of my chair. A loud bang and the windsheild cracked. The bird actualy left a bloody mess on my plane! I was flying the default cessna 172.

The blood and gore windshield crackeffekt is only in 2d cockpit, not in the 3d one.
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Dang!

Now thats cool.. I didnt know does this, lol...


Bill
 
There is a flock of seagulls in X-Plane?
a_flock_of_seagulls_4.jpg


Last time I saw a flock of seagulls I ran, I ran so far a way.
 
How about hot air balloons? Has anyone seen tons of hot air balloons on XP-9?

Goodness, Maybe its just on mine!

Eli
 
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