World's fastest bird

[l0g1c]

Okay, so I knew that the Peregrine Falcon was the fastest bird in the world and that it did some crazy fast diving, but I've never actually seen their stoop. I came across this video and it just blew me away.

Apparently these little fuckers pull up to 25 G's when they're diving at 200+ mph.

Oh, and I also learned that Hayabusa is their Japanese name. I never made the connection between the bike and the bird.

And for some carnage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcehHyKy ... ed&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt50-Dnq ... ed&search=

[plained]

wow neat ey

:icon28:

[SOAPboy]

Damn those a brutal.

I want one.

[Massive Quasars]

The duck twitching at the end only added to this bird's awesomeness.

[Magnus]

Heh. I remember learning when I was a kid that the Spine Tailed Swift was the fastest flying bid in the world able to maintain a flight speed of 106 mph and I also remember learning that the Peregrine Falcon could get above 200 mph durring a dive, but I never stopped to put the two together to realise that the Peregrine Falcon gets WAY more speed durring a dive. Cool :icon14:

[seremtan]

what language is that in the second one? it sounds like either some native american language or moonspeak

[Massive Quasars]

Turkish?

[menkent]

what language is that in the second one? it sounds like either some native american language or moonspeak

nm, sounds like turkish.

[R00k]

That's awesome. I love shit like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKqt05iR ... ed&search=

[scared?]

25 g's? how is that possible?...hoax?...really a ufo?...

[Magnus]

25 g's? how is that possible?...hoax?...really a ufo?...

Well honestly when you are only about 1 lbs. and have a strong bone structure you can take 25 lbs. of pressure.

Alot like an ant being able to be unharmed by a 200 ft. fall.

[H.Reaper]

Amazing bird, damn, we still have a lot of things to learn from nature.

[Transient]

25 g's? how is that possible?...hoax?...really a ufo?...

Alot like an ant being able to be unharmed by a 200 ft. fall.

Once an ant gets above several feet, I suppose heigh stops being a factor. WTF is the terminal velocity of an ant, anyway? :icon26:

[Fender]

It looks like terminal velocity for small, lightweight objects approaches about 30 ft/sec.
http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/educati ... ermvr.html

[Transient]

Ok, then maybe a little more than several feet.

[AmIdYfReAk]

i could have swarn that the topic would have been about somthing else...

Hint:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 52,00.html

[Big Kahuna Burger]

yeah all the hep cats call the dames 'birds'

[S@M]

Amazing bird, damn, we still have a lot of things to learn from nature.

:icon14:

[MaCaBr3]

Rabit owns falcon

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/11861 ... n_to_Shame

[plained]

maybe i can mount two falcon onto my feet !

[Ryoki]

Speaking of birds, in euroland there are reports of starved vultures attacking people and cattle... it's all very unsetteling. Not the vultures, more the fact that i never expected to read a headline like that.

[Magnus]

Rabit owns falcon

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/11861 ... n_to_Shame

Heh. Forget using the RL against that rabbit.