What is the air-speed velocity of a coconut laden swallow?
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wow havent seen this one before...except the previous 100 times!
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African or European swallow?
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Not only do we need to know the size of the coconut, but we need to know if the swallow swallowed it!
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For small hummers like Ruby-throated, about 55 times per second. Normal flight speed is about 25 MPH.
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Take the Boeing 747 a pretty popular airliner. It flies at, "high-subsonic speeds (typically 0.85 Mach or 570 mph or 910 km/h)..."\n\nSo if it is going 570 (miles/hour) it would take 1/570 of an hour or 6.31 seconds.
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in air= 340m/s\nin water=1500m/s\nin solid=4500m/s
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Increase the drag, or resistance by enlarging the surface area. The parachute is a simple solution. \n\nHave you thought of making a whirly-bird/helicopter-type device to slow down the fall of the egg? Balsa wood angled correctly should be able to produce simple a rotary blade that would slow down the decent of your egg. Keep me informed.
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If the feather floats at a constant velocity of 2.0m/s, it means that it is in equilibrium, i.e. its weight must be equal to the air resistance. Therefore, \n\nWeight=0.0005*9.8\n           =0.0049N\nAir resistance=0.0049N\n\nAgain since the feather is floating at a constant velocity of 2m/s, you can use the formula:\n\nTime=Distance/velocity\n       =10/2\n       =5s\n\nNote: this formula is not applicable if the feather were accelerating downwards.
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its 225 mph or 362 kmph
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Momentum is a measure of mass times velocity, so just multiply them together:\n\n250kg * 6m/s = 1500 kgm/s\n450kg * 2m/s = 900 kgm/s\n\n1500 > 900, ergo the Dolphin has more momentum
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i beleive according to the man in the castle a swallow had to beat it's wings 43 times every second in order to maintain air speed velocity. That's a european swallow by the way :
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Equatorial surface gravity \n1.35 m/s²\n0.14g
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it has been...a lot actually, and the appropriate reply for the air speed velocity of an UNladen swallow is always:\n\nWhat do you mean? An African or European swallow?
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LMAO!!!\nIt depends on whether they are carrying coconuts or not...\nDid you have a late night Python marathon?
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Horse - 47.50 mph\nZebra - 40.00 mph
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For the European Swallow, roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles per hour.
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4233 people over 12 years have also tried to answer this question, see: http://www.armory.com/swallow.html\n\nYou're obviously a Monty Pyhton fan, following is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail:\n\nBridgekeeper:  What... is your quest?\nArthur: To seek the Holy Grail.\nBridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?\nArthur: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?\nBridgekeeper: Huh? I-- I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh!\nBedevere: How do know so much about swallows?\nArthur: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.