Just a question about birds and BMS
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@Vespa Let me guess, tastes like chicken ?
Sparrow goulash. -
In our case it’s by the water so lots of seagulls. Not high cuisine
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Now we know how to get rid of the birds.
… jokes aside… I’m in for for the birds (had them off in DCS) - got few strikes- even in Ka-50 - terminal sh*t.
But, honestly, I’m not kinda convinced that birds love war zones… they would run with every bang here and there… - probably you couldn’t find bird for miles from all those thumps.
So… for test-flights, ok … but in the middle of war… no. -
@jayb said in Just a question about birds and BMS:
Are birds prevalent around airbases? I would think they would find it a very stressful environment.
I remember an old sim over Vietnam that had cows in the fields. To see a flock of seagulls for ambience while flying over the ocean sure why not, but by the airbases I would think it unlikely.
Raptors to hunt and scare other birds around bases.
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@LorikEolmin That would be very eco-friendly
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@jayb said in Just a question about birds and BMS:
@LorikEolmin That would be very eco-friendly
This is real.
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Could we shoot at the birds>?
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@Mower said in Just a question about birds and BMS:
Could we shoot at the birds>?
Depending on the block and the loadouts, there are some you will never reach.
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@LorikEolmin said in Just a question about birds and BMS:
@jayb said in Just a question about birds and BMS:
Are birds prevalent around airbases? I would think they would find it a very stressful environment.
I remember an old sim over Vietnam that had cows in the fields. To see a flock of seagulls for ambience while flying over the ocean sure why not, but by the airbases I would think it unlikely.
Raptors to hunt and scare other birds around bases.
With my RPA (remote pilot aircraft) license, I flew that beauty for 2 years, I was in charge of flying and guiding the birds of prey and scaring the smaller ones away from the aerodrome. This eliminated having to use rocket fireworks and firecrackers to scare them off.
Falconry is also used as an art and for that type of work in aerodromes but they are more expensive and from time to time the same falcon crashes with a bird, more than 1 time step, it is difficult to control a wild soul like that of the hawk.
I have very good memories.
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@VIPER-0
This is also one solution to problem.
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@white_fang said in Just a question about birds and BMS:
@VIPER-0
This is also one solution to problem.
It never occurs to me, if you hadn’t told the boss and there were already droncats
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Will @Topolo be working on the flight model for the birds…?
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@Aragorn said in Just a question about birds and BMS:
Will @Topolo be working on the flight model for the birds…?
I’d rather have some questions to the guy in charge of the loadouts.
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@LorikEolmin said: I’d rather have some questions to the guy in charge of the loadouts.
Stop talking shit…!
Oh, wait…
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One of my past lives was as a ‘Bird Control Unit’ operator.
On the course I was fascinated by the 1/2 Mass (of the budgie) x Velocity squared formula giving the Kinetic force for damage! Imagine a goose down your intake…
I saw the results of many bird strikes but the worst has to be a deer strike! Simulate that mess!
As for birds not liking to live near airfields. Nah. They love it! All the open grass areas are fantastic feeding for them, unless it’s allowed to grow longer. (Then you get another problem of fires in Summer…)
Roosting in the Hangars/Buildings and local area woods are another reason.
Trained Falcons for Bird Control are pretty rare in my experience.
Oh and we played loud music as well as various species alarm calls to disperse them. Lapwings were a particular pain. They’d return in minutes! And yes we used flare type pistols firing specialised shotgun cartridges that were like flashbangs.
I loved that job… More to it than you would think!