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A research team in New Mexico is converting taxidermic birds into drones in order to study flight patterns.
Mostafa Hassanalian, a mechanical engineering professor leading the project at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, said the team started looking into deceased birds after mechanical bird drones weren't yielding good results.
Scientists hope to use them to study birds' formations and flight patterns, which can in turn be applied to the aviation industry.
"If we learn how these birds manage energy between themselves, we can apply (that) into the future aviation industry to save more energy and save more fuel," Hassanalian said.
The bird drone prototype can only fly for a maximum of 20 minutes, Hassanalian [said], so scientists will work to develop a drone that can spend more time in the air and perform tests among live birds.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ame...ones-study-flight-techniques-2023-4?r=US&IR=T
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Mostafa Hassanalian, a mechanical engineering professor leading the project at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, said the team started looking into deceased birds after mechanical bird drones weren't yielding good results.
Scientists hope to use them to study birds' formations and flight patterns, which can in turn be applied to the aviation industry.
"If we learn how these birds manage energy between themselves, we can apply (that) into the future aviation industry to save more energy and save more fuel," Hassanalian said.
The bird drone prototype can only fly for a maximum of 20 minutes, Hassanalian [said], so scientists will work to develop a drone that can spend more time in the air and perform tests among live birds.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ame...ones-study-flight-techniques-2023-4?r=US&IR=T
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