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🦅 Frigatebird Thermal Steal Lab — 2D Thermal Soaring Map and Climb Polar

The 2D companion of the Frigatebird Thermal Steal lab: a top-down thermal updraft with a circling glider-bird, bank-angle climb polar, centring offset and live altitude graph with four numerical checks.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Frigatebird Thermal Steal Lab — 2D Thermal Soaring Map and Climb Polar ↗ Open standalone
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The 2D companion of the Frigatebird Thermal Steal lab: a top-down thermal updraft with a circling glider-bird, bank-angle climb polar, centring offset and live altitude graph with four numerical checks.

Thermal SoaringAnimal FlightUpdraftBank Angle

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

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