Spr1ggs Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasumi- Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 What, an African or a European Swallow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1ggs Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 What, an African or a European Swallow? Huh?I... I don't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omni_Omega Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Depends. Am I eating applesauce? Because that stuff goes down quick. ...hahagetitimadeapunoffofthewordswallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasumi- Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Huh?I... I don't know that. *thrown off of bridge* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaru Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 This might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade343 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) Terminal velocity is calculated as: (√2mg)/(pAC), where m = mass, g = gravity, p = density of air, A = Area of the swallow, and C = drag coefficient. Now, assuming the swallow goes into a sphere when it dives to terminal velocity (since that is the only value that I could find on the Internet with regards to A that represents a swallow remotely). That means A = πr^2, and C = 0.47 (p = 1.814 kg/m^3 in air at 25°C). Assuming r = 0.125m, and m = 0.06kg, then the terminal velocity would be: (√2*0.06kg*9.81ms^-2)/((1.814kg/m^3)*(π*(0.125m)^2)*0.47) = 25.925 ms^-1 EDIT: Wait, you meant airspeed velocity? Wrong calculation, then. Edited December 8, 2014 by Renegade343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 This might help. I WAS GONNA POST THAT. YOU STOLE MY THUNDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaru Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I WAS GONNA POST THAT. YOU STOLE MY THUNDER *wink* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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