DESIGNING A VULTURE LOGO FOR MY GLIDER FUSELAGE AND A WING FEATHERING SCHEME

[LASTWOODSMAN]

DESIGNING A VULTURE LOGO FOR MY GLIDER FUSELAGE AND A  WING FEATHERING SCHEME      May 1 2024

      Well,  I have been tinkering around with some design ideas for my next  36 inch Glider laser cut kit which is coming in the mail.     It has been a week and a half,  so it is getting close to arriving.

      There is a wonderful world of the great Vultures, Griffons, and Condors out there.    The greatest gliders of all,  along with the great seabirds.   They are amongst the heaviest of the flying birds,  and the largest wingspans.   So,  I have been studying them up,  and reading all about them,  and snipping pics.

     I could not resist a mockup,  so I just photocopied a couple of plans from the web,   to get the right perspective ( even though it is not full size  36 inches ), and tried some sketching.    I tried fitting a couple of pics and  outlines onto the fuse side.    I also tried to fit one of the vultures' narrowest wing chords  ( the Turkey Vulture ),  even though they all have broad ( large chord lengths ) wings,  onto an outline of the wing.    It is just a rough sketch,   but it looks sort of close to scale.   

Pic #1     2798     Cape Griffon Vulture cut out,  set on a fuse outline.

Pic #2     2796     Turkey Vulture outline set on fuse outline.   On the right  --  three vulture heads to choose from  ...  Turkey Vulture,   Cape Griffon Vulture,  and Andean Condor.

Pic #3     2801     Cut-outs of plan wing outlines.

Pic #4     2803     Two Turkey vultures in flight,  and a roughed-in,  feathered,  left wing bottom.

Pic #5     VULTURE VECTOR FLYING

Pic #6     TURKEY VULTURE HEAD RIGHT SIDE

Turkey Vulture in Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_vulture

Lastwoodsman
Richard     

[Ratz (Bruce)]

That's ambitious, looking good. Wish I had artwork skills like that Last...

Bruce
 

[ZK-AUD]

Nice Richard. I had totally misinterpreted your thread title however. I was expecting wing folding mechanisms like those neat catapult gliders they had in the US way back in the day!

Perhaps I should be (tarred and) feathered!!

[LASTWOODSMAN]

DESIGNING A VULTURE LOGO FOR MY GLIDER FUSELAGE AND A  WING FEATHERING SCHEME      May 5 2024

     I will throw the different kinds of vultures in here that I looked at,   and I will choose one and start a new topic  "MYSTERY MAN 36 INCH CONVERSION TO HIGH START TOW LINE GLIDER".     I got my two glider kits in the mail Friday May 3 2024.   

     Here is the Andean Condor.   It has a striking black and white color scheme.

Wikipedia link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_condor

Pic #1     ANDEAN CONDOR HEAD 2
Pic #2     ANDEAN CONDOR TOP VIEW FLYING  2
Pic #3     ANDEAN CONDO TOP VIEW FLYING  3
Pic #4     ANDEAN CONDOR FULL SPREAD UNDERWING
Pic #5     ANDEAN CONDOR TOP VIEW FLYING BLACK AND WHITE
Pic #6     SPREAD WINGS FROM BACK SITTING ON ROCK

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[LASTWOODSMAN]

DESIGNING A VULTURE LOGO FOR MY GLIDER FUSELAGE AND A  WING FEATHERING SCHEME      May 14 2024

     Here is the California Condor I looked at.     It almost went extinct.   This,  and the Andean Condor,  are the only two Condors in the world,  and are found only in the Western Hemisphere.

Wikipedia link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_condor

Pic #1     CONDOR HEAD  3 (Small)
Pic #2     CONDOR CHICK AND HUMAN
Pic #3     CALIFORNIA CONDOR HATCHING YEAR TOP WING SMALL
Pic #4     CALIFORNIA CONDOR FLYING THREE
Pic #5     CALIFORNIA CONDOR FLYING 2
Pic #6     CALIFORNIA CONDORS    TWO SITTING  ONE LANDING (Medium)

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[LASTWOODSMAN]

DESIGNING A VULTURE LOGO FOR MY GLIDER FUSELAGE AND A  WING FEATHERING SCHEME      May 15 2024

     My whole object in researching these vulture designs,  is to come up with a line drawing vector sketch of a side view flying,  and a top and bottom view of the wing and body.    I am finding there is a lot of different hues of brown colors,  and I needed to stock up on my supply of  "Wood Furniture Touch Up Kits"  that have three large markers in it  -   dark brown,  medium brown,  and light brown  -  which I plan on using to color these sketches.   I actually found good coloring sketch outlines of actual pics,   and a couple of good artist coloring schemes,  that I am trying out with marker coloring first,  for practice, before the final rendition.

     Yes,  I went down the rabbit hole,  and what a rabbit hole.   We now come to the huge Old World Vultures,   which are called  'Vulture Eagles',   namely the four  "Griffon"  Vultures,   the    "EURASIAN GRIFFIN VULTURE",    "RUPPELL'S  GRIFFIN  VULTURE",    the  "HIMALAYAN GRIFFIN VULTURE",    and the  "CAPE GRIFFON VULTURE" .   

Eurasian Griffin Vulture   7.5  to  9.2  feet wingspan   14-23 pounds   good artist color scheme and line drawing

Ruppell's Griffon Vulture   7'5"   to   8'6"   wingspan    14-20 pounds   -   the highest flying vulture,  up to 37,000 feet above ground  -  even above the passenger jet cruising altitudes  -  good line drawing and artist color scheme

Cape Griffin Vulture     7'5"   to   8'6"    wingspan    15-24 pounds

Himalayan Griffin Vulture   8'5"   to   10'2"   wingspan     13-28 pounds     the largest Griffon Vulture   


EURASIAN GRIFFIN VULTURE

Wikipedia link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_griffon_vulture

Pics  1  to 3   are the same

Pic #1     Eurasian Griffon Vulture Line Art

Pic #2     Eurasian Griffon  5  Mirrored

Pic #3     Eurasian Griffon Vulture Artwork

Pic #4     Eurasian Griffon Vulture in for Landing

Pic #5     Eurasian Griffon Vulture Side View on Branch Wings Out

Pic #6     Eurasian Griffon 3

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[LASTWOODSMAN]

DESIGNING A VULTURE LOGO FOR MY GLIDER FUSELAGE AND A  WING FEATHERING SCHEME      May 15 2024

And 6 more pics of this wild bird ...  the Eurasian Griffon Vulture

Pic #1     Eurasian Griffon  1

Pic #2     Eurasian Griffon  2

Pic #3     Eurasian Griffin 4  Small

Pic #4     Eurasian Griffon Vulture Head  3

Pic #5     Eurasian Griffon Vulture Standing Spread Wings

Pic #6     Eurasian Griffon Vulture in Flight

Lastwoodsman
Richard