{"id":12535,"date":"2020-07-23T16:17:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T23:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12535"},"modified":"2020-07-23T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T23:17:24","slug":"electric-aviation-group-goes-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/electric-aviation-group-goes-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Aviation Group Goes Big"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emulating bird flight has been a big part of man\u2019s desire to fly through the years.\u00a0 The latest in ornithological look-alikes comes from the Electric Aviation Group in the United Kingdom<\/a>.\u00a0 Their creation seem to be an outgrowth of last year\u2019s somewhat controversial Bird of Prey concept<\/a> displayed by Airbus at several prominent airshows.<\/p>\n

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Designed to have a \u201ccertain \u2018Wow\u2019 factor,\u201d the model took its cues from hawks and eagles, including a high-arched wing blended into the upper fuselage.\u00a0 It featured wingtips much like a bird\u2019s, with primary feathers ostensible capable of morphing to control banking and even adverse yaw in a turn. Even its patriotic tail feathers were indeed feather-like and added to the avian quality of the aircraft.<\/p>\n

Sailplane designers in the 1930’s tried similar imitation, with craft like the German Fafnir reaching an arch-winged perfection.<\/p>\n

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High-aspect ratio wing with distinctive bird-like shape helped German Fafnir glider achieve several world distance and endurance records.<\/p><\/div>\n

Its flight, at least in this video, would be a model of grace and smooth, flowing motion \u2013 a bit dreamlike.<\/p>\n