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🦢 Geese in V-Formation: Wingtip Vortices, Upwash and Energy Saving

Unlike the existing flocking and simple V-formation demos, this lab models each goose as a lifting line with a Lamb-Oseen trailing-vortex pair, maps the upwash and downwash field, adds wingbeat phase, lead rotation, an optimiser for follower positions and a metabolic power and range model, with five built-in numerical checks. Blender-modelled geese, Three.js r160.

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Unlike the existing flocking and simple V-formation demos, this lab models each goose as a lifting line with a Lamb-Oseen trailing-vortex pair, maps the upwash and downwash field, adds wingbeat phase, lead rotation, an optimiser for follower positions and a metabolic power and range model, with five built-in numerical checks. Blender-modelled geese, Three.js r160.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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