 I don't get it..Is it an African or European swallow?, Calculating air-speed velocity. |
 Jun 28, 2006 - 12:32 PM
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Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow
Hashing out the classic question with Strouhal numbers and simplified flight waveforms It's not a question of where he grips it. It’s a simple question of weight ratios. A 5 ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut. Do the math. -------------------- AIM==Mynzeyes
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Jun 28, 2006 - 12:35 PM
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Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
Not at all. They could be carried. What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It could grip it by the husk! It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut. Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here? Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right? Please! -------------------- Buy my Celica $2,500 - http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=76562&st=0
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