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🐦 Migrating Birds V Formation — 2D Wake Upwash Map

2D top-down companion of the V formation sim: elliptically loaded wings with trailing vortex pairs, lift-weighted upwash on every follower, decaying wakes, per-bird induced power bars, an optimal-overlap curve and a Prandtl downwash check.

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Migrating Birds V Formation — 2D Wake Upwash Map ↗ Open standalone
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2D top-down companion of the V formation sim: elliptically loaded wings with trailing vortex pairs, lift-weighted upwash on every follower, decaying wakes, per-bird induced power bars, an optimal-overlap curve and a Prandtl downwash check.

V FormationInduced DragWingtip VorticesBird Flight

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

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