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🦅 Eagle Soaring Over Mountains - 2D Thermal Climb, Glide Polar and Cross-Country Speed

2D companion of the eagle soaring sim: a parabolic drag polar, minimum-sink and best-glide speeds, banked turn radius, net climb in a parabolic updraft, and the cross-country speed of a climb-and-glide sawtooth, with three numerical checks.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Eagle Soaring Over Mountains - 2D Thermal Climb, Glide Polar and Cross-Country Speed ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the eagle soaring sim: a parabolic drag polar, minimum-sink and best-glide speeds, banked turn radius, net climb in a parabolic updraft, and the cross-country speed of a climb-and-glide sawtooth, with three numerical checks.

Soaring FlightGlide RatioThermalsDrag Polar

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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