Xantos,

I echo your feeling, i lost a very dear friend of mine due bird hit, he was there in my marriage the previous day and the next day ,he was gone. having said that, have you seen Aeroplanes land with lights on even during day? wondered why ? it is an effective ant bird measure. Birds are very intelligent there is no panacea to this problem, they get used to any measure you take very quick, therefore the trick is to keep changing them. some of them are Zon Guns (http://www.birdbusters.com/scare_bird_canon.html), Reflective/lighted strips, Cartridge based Guns , dogs. all of'em should be in place.

PS
Putting a nose light or a LG light on a expensive RC Jet will pay dividends , believe you me

i am going to paint some eyes on the canopy and see if it works

ok some grate news if some 1 have problem with kites on the field
i painted some eye`s on my tdr and kites came direct as usual but i chased them around for 10 seconds then it was not a kite on the sky .

Nice idea.


Letting them know that they aren't the kings of the skies. >

http://www.cuttherope.ie/

Too bad it is optimized for Internet Explorer !

Bird Strike on plane! New Delhi Black Kite Hawk Attacks GWS E-Starter - Talons Strike Wing

The local hawks are aggressive.  You have to outmaneuver them and anticipate their attack move so in case they make contact, you can safely recover.

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Moderator Note: Merged with similar thread to consolidate all ideas.

Don't fly in their areas

The whole country is their area.  A better warning is "Don't fly anything you don't wan't to risk being attcked and destroyed (crash result) by them!"

Hey Lance,

You may use some Air shots (fire crackers) to scare away the birds and then fly your aircraft.

Damage report pls...

Its very common in most of the Flying fields. Only on some days they are more freaked out. just land the plane or increase the motor RPM if they come close to the plane

Angry Birds - In Real Time Hehehe

Please do tell something about the picture

No damage, got lucky, was able to recover with quick stick movements.  But on this one, no.

firecrackers and air shots are not allowed where I fly  (school)

i observed one thing that birds keeps away from yellow planes.. and do not know why..!!

Not RC related... a bit surprised by the damage though.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/07/united-airlines-flight-strikes-bird-on-descent-to-denver/

I Have also seen the pic in news. how can the hole be so big .inspite the fact of its speed and weight of the bird .