Magpie Glider - Slope Soaring Alula Attack
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Lost the battle on this day. Reckon painting feathers on my Alula might not have worked in my favour. Another 5 knots may have turn the story ... or not.
This Grassy Knoll is one of the three sites I fly down at Hallett Cove, South Australia. Works on a light WNW to SW. It is a public space so it suits the gentler flyers on quieter days.
Here's a link to the televised version
• Birds gang attack Alul...
My favourite slope of the three is The Boardwalks to the north of the popular North slope. Works on a NW to WSW. Link to my first flight there on an early morning exploration.
• Slope Soaring a DIY wi...
If you are looking to learn to fly check out the Southern Flying League. www.southernsoa...
Clip Features the Wonderful Music from "The Fountain" by Clint Mansell
Excellent production. Really funny. We need more like this!
Cheers DG!!!
That was some Ace flying skills took 4 of those Magpies to bring you down, plus took some time, specially just being a glider, thanks, really enjoyed 😁
Thanks Robert. A whole lot of fun and memories on this day
The old WW2 Luftwaffe comment with the birds lined up had me dieing...😂
For gods sake it’s spelled dying.
The soundtrack had me pumped, and the visuals kept me engaged. Great job.
Too nice. Thanks John
Definitely good flying I wouldn't be surprised if the birds are actually playing with you at the same time
Your ability to slope soar is amazing.
Too nice. Thanks. Made my day
I was absolutely ABSORBED by the conflict footage! WELL DONE!!!
Great job on the soundtrack, I love it!
Nice flying skills. Good interaction with the birds
Thanks Jon
Maggies are my favourite birds.
Smart.
Excellent aviators.
@Electric Puha
Nope.
@Electric Puha
Nope....
Teach kids to deal with it.
Parents are so pathetic these daze....
@Electric Puha
Yeah.
And to wear a hat.
This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while
Oh that was so funny even without the soundtrack. I have to admire your sense of humour, but what a pain when you are trying to enjoy yourself. Thank you
Julian - thanks for the feedback. It was fun to be chased initially until the the beek and claw damage began to add up. All the best
@@trevorwright6058 You can't really grumble when they get a couple of digs in, you're on their patch.
Venturing into their territory wearing their colours. That is bold.
That was amazing!!!! I love the music and sound that went with this.....nice job!
AWESOME video with some great flying. How fun to be playing with the birds.
Nice paint job too
Thanks Bob. All the best!
Hilarious. Battle of Britain revisited.. Love watching aerial battles between magpies. Such agile fliers, but you were mostly equal to the task. Well done!
Thanks Allan
Simply astounding flying. And a GLIDER no less! Brilliant - thanks.
Thoroly enjoyable, thank you very much. Perusing the comments, you seem to have a winner. Good show.
This is a classic! And he didn't land the plane, but kept taunting the little defenders! Brilliant!
The is the most fun "VIDEO GAME" I have seen in a long time. Keep playing, you'll get better at this. lol
One of the best videos I've see in a very long time!
Thanks so much!!!!
There should be a "LOVE THIS VIDEO" button on TH-cam!!!
Cheers!
Yeah :) !
The maneuver is so good, you can quickly evade the attack of 4 bandits👍
One of the most intriguing things I've seen, much more interesting than fooling a fish into striking. Thanks for the upload.
Best You Tube video I've seen in ages, post more please.
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OMG that was insane!! Looks like a heck of a lot of fun. The last time I slope soared was 2001....I really miss it.
Brilliant edition!
Thanks so much Luiz!
Wow! I really enjoyed watching this. Superb flying and good soundtrack
Great feedback Chris. Hope to get a few more vids out soon. Got more time now for all kinds of projects
Stellar flying. Out maneuvering a living creature that's designed to hunt in the air with a glider is pretty impressive. I know the glider has a bit of an advantage as far as density vs active surface goes, and there's the matter of the third person view, but still, with a glider, bravo. I think the answer is to make it bigger and scarier looking. Maybe so it looks like a predator of theirs, if they have any.
The magpies are pretty much is the wolves of the sky around these parts. They will take on whatever sneaks into their patch. I have an eagle look a like glider that has a 1500mm wing span - Guaranteed that they will peck the crap out of it. (Can't wait)
Wow! Great work all around. Love the video, the flying, the model, and the music mix.
Thanks so much. Great feedback!
Ha ha, so great to capture this on film - it's like they're thinking - okay, up close and personal, this is not a living thing but, whatever you are, you're going down!!!! SO territorial. Great flying to stay in the air with 3 or 4 of these air-masters gunning for you!!! Great to watch! Thanks for posting! Johnny :-) :-) :-)
Such a great comment Johnny. Bless ya mate!
Excellent flying and video!
Exciting!
(I'm going to change my diaper now... well...nurse is.)
This was awesome!
Love the soundtrack . So awesome 👏
Loved every second of that vid. Very well put together.
- was a time this would have been called a 'dogfight'. Great flying by the way!
Excellent video. I especially liked the machine gun fire and the air raid sirens.
I've seen raven here in Arizona attack gliders in our parks. Very good fliers and very territorial. I had some good laughs watching your video. Thanks a lot!
Fantastic Gary - thanks for the cool feedback
The whole squadron was out to get you. Good evasive tactics!
That was cool. When I fly los, sometimes I have a few small birds follow me , and before I know it, there are many following my every move, they never attack though. You must have pissed them off, lol 😂. Happy flying!
Great flying, real seat of the pants stuff. I was flying my glider from the car park below the Vlaming Head Lighthhouse up at Exmouth one afternoon when a Sea Eagle took an interest in my model and quickly set itself up to dive in for the kill. From my experience flying thermal gliders I have found magpies cannot loop so when the eagle dived in I put the nose down and when it got really close I pulled a loop which made it overshoot the attack but it was soon on my tail again. This time without the airspeed for a loop I stalled it and spun down to the car park for a hasty landing. The eagle hung around for awhile before sliding off along the ridge into the setting sun.
Great telling! The chase can be either a whole lot of fun or a tail between the legs situation if contact is made. Thanks for posting!
That was thoroughly entertaining to watch!
Awesome video mate! Great manoeuvres and tactical avoidance up there!😅
It all looked so graceful in the beginning. Then all of a sudden. Lol. But it was still well cool. I need to see some more of this kind of stuff. I've subscribed. 👍
Excellent Dave. Not too big a leap to get out there and into slope soaring. Give it a go. Usually a session of slope soaring is my therapy - not on this day. lol
@@trevorwright6058 I just noticed I typed greatfull instead of graceful. Lol. Edited now. Yeah them magpies went crazy. Lol. I'm in the UK but I'm sure I can find some cliffs to fly off of. Got the white cliffs of Dover. That might work. And also Dover is very very hilly. Anyway thanks for replying and cheers for sharing your video. Happy flying ✈️🛩️🛫🛬🚁👍
@@davescopes249 - Uk has some excellent slope soaring gatherings - fabulous coast line (in summer hee hee) Check out this fella from our mother country. He has some great gliders th-cam.com/video/-i1sOLA3ltE/w-d-xo.html
Love the music awesome video 😎
Very nice flight Trevor. Those black and white bandits make flying "interesting". First time I've seen bits coming off a sloper under attack though.
Great fun to watch.
Hi Trevor
I love the decoration on the Alula. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Could you possibly share a few good photos showing the detail of the paintjob....PLEASE?
I have hunted for ya John but no luck yet. I guy did a tutorial on utube but sadly can't locate yet
@@trevorwright6058 hi Trev, thanks for reply. Search John Gary Wilson from Highfields/Toowoomba.
I would love to pick your brain as you seem to have some AMAZING places to fly. My nearest slope is 80k's away and only works on an Easterly. Decided to find spots as we travel around. I have bought an Alula, Weasel Trek and an Apollo. All I need is a decent and easy to get to flying spot !!
If you can give me the link for the Alula decoration that would be fantastic. Cheers John
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Funny as hell. Flying in their territory sure does ruffle their feathers. literally. lol
They are super mean to the cyclists around here when spring is in the air. Funny to watch.
brilliant flying and epic sound track!
Too nice. Thanks James.
Trevor you are an Ace Legend
Too nice!!! Thanks
That’s some really impressive flying skills to out manoeuvre magpies . These birds are the nasties of the skies and attack with ferocity to any territory invader .
Usually maggies only protect their territory in breeding season, but I suppose they perceived a threat with the glider, and decided to attack the unknown intruder. One tactic I'd have used would be to dive straight for the ground, pull up at the last second, and hopefully the maggies would all strike the ground before they realized their mistake. Painful for the birds, but a valuble lesson as well. Magpies aren't as bad as ravens. Ravens have a bully attitude and will terrorize any other bird in their territory, but unfortunately they perceive the whole sky as their territory.
That was awesome!
Fun being the "Stuka" here Trevor ! Excellent - gives the Magpies some excercise !
Nice.
Love the sound effects!!!!
This is incredible. 😂 Nice flying!
Hahaha this was so fun to watch, love the background music hahaha
Great flying! And great filming, too, I must say! :-)
Love the backing news reel....The luftwaffe lol
Fun to watch. Those magpies really go off the brain and wont quit till they have won.
You will fly again ,very well done ! 5 to one !
What would have happened it the crows had crashed. Would you be responsible? Would there be an ivestigation by the FAA?
They would have determined the cause of crash to be pilot error (by the magpie)
@@daviddou1408 They are here all a member of the Crow family. Those are nothing like out Magpies.
@@daviddou1408 Thank you for giving this great detailed explanation. I'll just watch out that I don't ever comment on things I don't know about or Australian topics and American ones
Some excellent dog (bird) fighting from both parties!!!!!!
Makes me smile in the morning
Excellent flying and hilarious video!
great vid and great flying!I wish I could get my Alua trimmed out that nice.
Outstanding video! I've never wanted a glider before, but I sure as heck do now! That was more entertaining than the swallows that chase my e-foam board planes :)
Отличное видео!
Fun video. Great job on the flying and music and videotaping. Gives another meaning to "dog fight" for sure. Your slope soarer needs a nice, operational beak to fight back with. LOL Looks like the boys didn't take kindly to the intruder with fancy paint job.
Okay, thumbs up , That was cool. Nice video.
Very cool vid, best one I've seen in a long while
Thanks Mike. I'm looking to try some raw meat on the cockpit for a sequal = lol
coolest video ever, may you reach a million views asap with it my friend thanks for posting, I just finished building and RC buzzard looking plane scaled to that size hoping to get that kind of reaction with a camera installed on rc plane itself
Thanks Ben - I have just started looking into Gull shaped slopers myself. Something magic about the bird look. Is the RC buzzard plane you have finished a scratch build? Can you kindly fwd a link - sounds interesting
Pretty impressive how well you coould evade them despite them having the propulsion advantage XD
My grandfather has shown me one of his glider wings that was attacked by an eagle. Had a few pretty big holes in it
Filmagem sensacional! Parabéns!
Even if we had seen this before. “BIRD FIGHTING” would never had caught on !
The sound was fun.
amazing flying skill
BEAUTIFUL!
Good control over that glider. Took 4 of 'em to bring you down.
This is an amazing video man!I have a lot of fun watching it,keep it up!
Kind words - thank you.
I'm an RC'r.... OK next move, build and install a mini 9v battery/capacitor circuit setup ie .1000v @ micro amps blast potential - do the math.
Rig up with wing tips and tail tips - 4" long bare microwire emitters. Stay at altitude and fly with some speed while slow rocking your wings to draw them in. Pow! Snap! Knack! on their little beaks or feet.
It would be interesting and fun to play around with that set up to see if a little operant conditioning would be effective. Much like the Battle of Britian, you may just get what's left of the Luftwaffe to turn tail and run ending Operation Sea Wolf, or in your case Operation Chimney Stack;
and thus winning and securing your home field back!
And make sure you film it too!
Love it. Weapon up and own the skys. Creative. thanks for posting Pops
That was fantastic!
Quite amusing and entertaining, thank you for sharing.
Excellent video! I so wanna get back into RC flying. I don’t wanna get attacked by birds but that was very well done. Thank you!
Thanks so much. !!!
Great vid man. Love the Maggies
"Don't worry Goose, I'll hit the flaps and he'll fly right by..."
Amazing video!!
Excellent flying.
Interesting and funny.I enjoyed every second of it.
Great video, awesome flying skills! How fun fooling mother nature!
Nice flying and filming.
Awesome flying skills.
Keith
Nice Keith. Thanks
Superb aerial skills on your part my friend. Kudos to you.
Thanks Jettz. Smoke and mirrors actually. I'm in a panic with nowhere to go and not wanting any beak dents in my precious!
Absolute Ace!
Great video , thanks
I love how the Magpies "plan" a strategy to take out the intruder.
Lol, you need a stack hat with some zip ties on your glider mate! Damn cheeky maggies!😅
Great job all round. Looks like a fun spot to fly.
That is a nice flying glider and great flying skills !
Thanks Lee
MAGPIE LEADER- "Help yourself everybody, there's no fighter escort"
Repeat Please!
"Home and tea, for once you deserved it"
Awesome, what a great video!
That's awsome! Thanks bro.
That was so cool!! U were outwitting the maggies for a bit till they cottoned on it wasnt real ! Ha ha! 👍👍