Today I am going to tell you more about the energy efficient flight of the wandering Albatross.Albatross is bird that soars and can stay airborne with minimum effort.The wandering Albatross with a wingspan of 11 feet and weighing nearly 20 pounds,this bird can fly thousands of miles using very little energy!it's secret lies both in its anatomy and it's soaring technique.
Consider:During the flight,an albatross engages special tendons that lock its wings in place when fully extended,thus allowing the muscles to rest.The birds other secret-how it soars hour after hour involves it's mastery of Oceanic winds.
At see,albatrosses climb,turn,and descend in continually repeated arcs-a manuever that gives the birds enough momentum to compensate for that lost through drag.Only recently did scientists figure out how the the birds are able to do this.Using high resolution tracking devices,and special computer software,they found that albatrosses gain the needed energy when they wheel from windward to leeward in the upper part of the flight curve."The extraction of energy "is smooth and continues",state the scientists.The result?The bird can soar for hours in end without a single flap of its wings!
These insights may help engineers design aerial vehicles that are more fuel efficient,perhaps even using engineless propulsion.
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