R/C Turkey Vulture Flying With Real Vultures

3rd flight of my Bob Hoey designed R/C Turkey Vulture. After about a 1 1/2 minute climb to altitude piggy-back on a Senior Telemaster, I'm joined by several real Turkey Vultures. I rode a thermal and circled for almost 15 minutes and returned gently to the high grass. This video is a little longer than most of my others but the footage was really good so I left most of it in.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• R/C
• RC
• Turkey
• Vulture
• flight
• thermal
• real
• soaring
• piggy-back
• cradle
• tow
• telemaster

[avisfacticius]

Most awesome flight of a bird glider I have ever seen!

[deltringham]

@avisfacticius

Thank you, I appreciate that very much.

[Luvtoflyhelis]

A BIG THUMBS UP GUYS, That is the coolest flying video I've ever seen. We have to dodge those things at our field to, and in the winter we have to watch out for Bald Eagles, they fly all around our planes. Thanks for sharing, Hats Off To Ya

[deltringham]

@Luvtoflyhelis

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Carlos2007gt]

I give you 5 stars***** It really looks like the real thing. This is awesome!! Do you know where I can order one or how I can get one and how much does it cost? Its so realistic. And how big is it? How long is the wing span?

[deltringham]

@Carlos2007gt

Thanks very much. The wingspan is 65" tip to tip. It is designed by Bob Hoey and there is a great thread on RCUniverse about it. Just do a search for Bob Hoey Turkey Vulture. Short kit was a little over $50 and the Plans were about $25.

[xterminatorSD]

And the following day the pilot was banned for flying without a motor.....This is really how it goes as clubs in real life....