![]() This interpretation is problematic: mtDNA analysis is susceptible to hybridization events, the evolutionary history of the Cape Verde population is not known, and the genetic relationship of red kites is confusing, with geographical proximity being no indicator of genetic relatedness and the overall genetic similarity high, perhaps indicating a relict species. A mitochondrial DNA study on museum specimens suggested that Cape Verde birds did not form a monophyletic lineage among or next to red kites. The question whether the Cape Verde kite should be considered a distinct species ( Milvus fasciicauda) or a red kite subspecies has not been settled. The red kites on the Cape Verde Islands are (or rather were) quite distinct in morphology, being somewhat intermediate with black kites. The red kite has been known to successfully hybridize with the black kite in captivity where both species were kept together, and in the wild on the Cape Verde Islands and infrequently in other places. The genus Milvus contains two other species: the black kite ( M. fasciicauda Hartert, 1914 – Cape Verde Islands ![]() milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Europe and northwest Africa to the Middle East In 1799 the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède moved the species to the genus Milvus creating the tautonym. The word milvus was the Latin name for the bird. The red kite was described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Falco milvus. 2.1 Differences between adults and juveniles.Even if you made claws you couldn't fold the wings and land on a spot so it'll never look scale. I wouldn't worry about retracts, the real thing doesn't have them. I overdid it on my seagul and it always looked as if it was half way through flapping. That said, there isn't much polyhedral during soaring flight. A stressed depron monoque is very strong, and you can always tape (or glass) over any bits that worry you. Polyhedral isn't hard to do I just cut out a wing shape, cut it at the polyhedral break, glued on a depron spar and then glued on a top layer of depron (trimmed after the glue dried) and then butt-joined the bits. A flat plate V-tail is pretty stiff and light. My tail was just 3mm depron with a pushrod and some control horns, there wasn't much weight to be saved. I'd guess it's right on the LE at the root, and you might have to cheat with the head length a bit unless you can build the tail really light.Īlso, the ailerons are swept forward, so they won't work too well as elevons (not enough moment arm) so you might need to make the tail work as an elevator. I suggest you cut out a flat chuck glider and experiment to find where the CG needs to be. ![]() That forward swept wing and short head are going to make the CG a real problem. The real thing warps its tail to change direction, but I'm thinking more "conventional" elevator and rudder or ailerons, maybe with a clear plastic vertical stab so it's hard to see.Īny ideas/suggestions/helpful hints/build threads? Has anyone done anything like this in foam? I know there's one or two vintage bird slope models out there, and someone does a large gull, but I haven't found any hits on red kite here at all. ![]() I've seen a website of a guy who films them using an EasyStar and they don't attack.īut their soaring abilities are awesome. Ideally I'd like to get out there and fly with these guys to see what their reaction is.Īpparently they don't attack other birds as they only eat dead prey. I'm thinking along the lines of the Funky Chicken, but more realistic and not so cartoony. I don't want an ornithopter, so no flapping. I'm thinking either slope or electric (or maybe a glider that can be airotowed up - that'd be fun). I've seen these guys before and I'd love to model one. The whole time we had red kites (2m span birds of prey) soaring above us. I was playing a tennis match this afternoon at a place called Thame in Oxfordshire, UK.
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