 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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Jun 28, 2006 - 1:26 PM
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QUOTE(ILuvMyCelica95 @ Jun 28, 2006 - 1:35 PM) [snapback]449979[/snapback] 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! ha, your wrong, ants can carry over 100x there body weight. But ya, that bird isnt gonna carry that coconut, lol. This post has been edited by bloodrain: Jun 28, 2006 - 1:27 PM -------------------- To live, is to suffer
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