 I don't get it..Is it an African or European swallow?, Calculating air-speed velocity. |
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 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 - 1:03 PM
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it could grip it by the husk!
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Jun 28, 2006 - 1:23 PM
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QUOTE(Akimbo @ Jun 28, 2006 - 1:03 PM) [snapback]449993[/snapback] it could grip it by the husk! suppose two birds carry it on a string.. -------------------- AIM==Mynzeyes
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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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Jun 28, 2006 - 4:23 PM
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Jun 28, 2006 - 8:52 PM
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uhh.. my head hurts
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Jun 29, 2006 - 12:44 AM
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What are you talking about here
 . OMG I need work harder on my English... 
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Jun 29, 2006 - 7:40 AM
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One of the best movies ever
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Jun 29, 2006 - 9:44 AM
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Jun 29, 2006 - 10:26 AM
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Jun 29, 2006 - 7:06 PM
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One of the greatest films ever
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Jun 30, 2006 - 3:44 AM
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lol bought that on DVD the day it came out
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Jun 30, 2006 - 7:39 AM
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QUOTE(ILuvMyCelica95 @ Jun 29, 2006 - 4:26 PM) [snapback]450339[/snapback] ILuvMyCelica95< Owner of DVD and this: Pure and total genius -------------------- JDM ST205
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Jun 30, 2006 - 10:20 AM
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how do you think an ant can carry a leaf thats about 1 million times its weight (well, not 1 mill, but you get the idea)
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