Stationary flight

Dogpatch · 04-22-2010, 05:56 PM

This is so off topic-but. The hummingbirds showed up today. Back yard and I heard not head speed but wing beats per minute. Ruby Throated perfect hovering things arrived looking for food. Sugar and bugs- I bet they pull 45% pitch or more during hover. Onboard gyros. Gods perfect flying thing. Aves. MCX on steroids. We all only wanted to fly because we see the birds do it. Ask Wilbur or Orville. Stupid hummingbirds.I'm mixing up some sugar water.

GreenCello · 04-22-2010, 06:48 PM

I picked my avatar after watching those little buggers effortlessly doing what I was awkwardly try to accomplish. Haven't seen them go inverted though and not too many piro flips, but i bet they could if pressed hard enough.

Our hummingbirds haven't shown yet. Maybe I'm on the wrong side of the Mason Dixon line.

scm6079 · 04-22-2010, 07:00 PM

Weather is still nice out here - which means the birds are still around. Won't be long before they all fly away and are gone until next winter...

drb2 · 04-22-2010, 10:02 PM

I've seen one so far this year and that was several days ago, right after I put the feeders out.

Jasmine2501 · 04-22-2010, 11:17 PM

Hummingbirds can fly inverted. They can do loops and rolls.

http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-f...ly-upside-down

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_can_a_..._fly_backwards

Larry227 · 04-22-2010, 11:55 PM

The hummingbirds love our house. We keep 3-4 feeders on the front porch. Usually they're not here until around Apr 27th. We usually don't put the feeders out until about now but it's been a warm winter and we had a couple nice weeks of weather so for the heck of it we put them out last Saturday and already had one show up Monday.

scm6079 · 04-23-2010, 12:15 AM

Based on the migration schedules I see on the 'net - they seem a bit behind schedule this year. By now we've usually seen them leave:

Kind of fun to hear from those who see them after they leave here.

wzak29 · 04-23-2010, 05:13 AM

I’m think they are the only birds that can fly backwards also, cool little things.

04-22-2010, 05:56 PM	#1
Dogpatch Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: MasonDixon Line- the good side	Stationary flight This is so off topic-but. The hummingbirds showed up today. Back yard and I heard not head speed but wing beats per minute. Ruby Throated perfect hovering things arrived looking for food. Sugar and bugs- I bet they pull 45% pitch or more during hover. Onboard gyros. Gods perfect flying thing. Aves. MCX on steroids. We all only wanted to fly because we see the birds do it. Ask Wilbur or Orville. Stupid hummingbirds.I'm mixing up some sugar water. __________________ Trex 450-50 Ice-nice -Outrage 550-100 Ice, BEC Pro, Quark vs JR 8900, Spektrum 6040's, Scorpion 1390.

04-22-2010, 07:00 PM	#3
scm6079 Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ	Weather is still nice out here - which means the birds are still around. Won't be long before they all fly away and are gone until next winter... __________________ I love my wife. And yes, I'm hoping that she'll let me buy more helis by putting this here. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

04-22-2010, 10:02 PM	#4
drb2 Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Richmond, VA	I've seen one so far this year and that was several days ago, right after I put the feeders out. __________________ TRex 450 SE V2 TRex 500 Mini VBar - I2 head To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. TRex 600 NSP

04-22-2010, 11:17 PM	#5
Jasmine2501 Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In deep space, abandoned. Any crew? Negative.	Hummingbirds can fly inverted. They can do loops and rolls. http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-f...ly-upside-down http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_can_a_..._fly_backwards __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Jazzy's Flight Deck: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

04-22-2010, 11:55 PM	#6
Larry227 Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Creston, BC (Canada) Porthill, Idaho (US)	The hummingbirds love our house. We keep 3-4 feeders on the front porch. Usually they're not here until around Apr 27th. We usually don't put the feeders out until about now but it's been a warm winter and we had a couple nice weeks of weather so for the heck of it we put them out last Saturday and already had one show up Monday. __________________ Compass 6HV - SK540 - MKS HBL665/669 Trex 500 ESP - SK540 - 510's/BLS251 DX8 / Phoenix / Persistence ~"See the heli, fly the heli"~

04-22-2010, 06:48 PM	#2
GreenCello Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rappahannock Co, Va	I picked my avatar after watching those little buggers effortlessly doing what I was awkwardly try to accomplish. Haven't seen them go inverted though and not too many piro flips, but i bet they could if pressed hard enough. Our hummingbirds haven't shown yet. Maybe I'm on the wrong side of the Mason Dixon line.

04-23-2010, 12:15 AM	#7
scm6079 Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ	Based on the migration schedules I see on the 'net - they seem a bit behind schedule this year. By now we've usually seen them leave: Kind of fun to hear from those who see them after they leave here. __________________ I love my wife. And yes, I'm hoping that she'll let me buy more helis by putting this here. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

04-23-2010, 05:13 AM	#8
wzak29 Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: ny	I’m think they are the only birds that can fly backwards also, cool little things.

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