There's a humming bird in your car...
06-12-2009, 11:31 AM
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ok well how fast is a humming birds reaction time? They fly super fast, heart beats super fast, so do they have reaction times like in Wanted where they can slow everything down 
but srsly... im sure they have to be able to react very quickly when they fly as fast as they do... so maybe they can try and aviod goin into the window and fly back?
but srsly... im sure they have to be able to react very quickly when they fly as fast as they do... so maybe they can try and aviod goin into the window and fly back?
06-12-2009, 11:32 AM
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one way to test it would be to get a helium balloon then save it until the balloon has lost just enough helium to where it barely floats. Then put the balloon in your car and try accelerating fast and braking hard.
seriously.
06-12-2009, 11:38 AM
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for the hummingbird to hover in a moving vehicle, it needs to propel itself to the same speed as the vehicle, in this case, 65mph.
if the hummingbird is not tetherd to the vehicle in any way, if the vehicle decreases its speed in a rapid manor (heavy breaking), there is no physical contact to the hummingbird and it will continue on its original path, in this case, would be the front windshield.
when a vehicle is traveling at any given speed, everything within the vehicle is traveling at the same speed, but this is due to being tethered to the car itself (via seat or other mechanism). The hummingbird has to propel itself to the cars speed since there is no physical contact to anything interior, and it will not be affected by any force to stop the vehicle.
looks like its related to newtons first law of physics: An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
poor hummingbird
if the hummingbird is not tetherd to the vehicle in any way, if the vehicle decreases its speed in a rapid manor (heavy breaking), there is no physical contact to the hummingbird and it will continue on its original path, in this case, would be the front windshield.
when a vehicle is traveling at any given speed, everything within the vehicle is traveling at the same speed, but this is due to being tethered to the car itself (via seat or other mechanism). The hummingbird has to propel itself to the cars speed since there is no physical contact to anything interior, and it will not be affected by any force to stop the vehicle.
looks like its related to newtons first law of physics: An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
poor hummingbird
06-12-2009, 11:38 AM
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06-12-2009, 11:44 AM
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06-12-2009, 11:48 AM
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06-12-2009, 11:48 AM
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Oh boy....
Here's a clue for y'all:
You are driving on the freeway...at 65mph...when you notice a car to your left, which is being driven by Ronald McDonald, is matching your speed.
Being as giddy as a school girl on prom night, you panic and cram on the brakes.
What happens to Ronald's car?
Here's a clue for y'all:
You are driving on the freeway...at 65mph...when you notice a car to your left, which is being driven by Ronald McDonald, is matching your speed.
Being as giddy as a school girl on prom night, you panic and cram on the brakes.
What happens to Ronald's car?
06-12-2009, 11:49 AM
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so if the fly was in the car but on the side or attached to something and once the car hits 65 mph and the fly detaches itself to the car and flies around the car, does it still have to propel in 65mph or does it take advantage that it's already 65 mph and just fly as if in static state?
06-12-2009, 11:50 AM
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ronald keeps going lol
Oh boy....
Here's a clue for y'all:
You are driving on the freeway...at 65mph...when you notice a car to your left, which is being driven by Ronald McDonald, is matching your speed.
Being as giddy as a school girl on prom night, you panic and cram on the brakes.
What happens to Ronald's car?
Here's a clue for y'all:
You are driving on the freeway...at 65mph...when you notice a car to your left, which is being driven by Ronald McDonald, is matching your speed.
Being as giddy as a school girl on prom night, you panic and cram on the brakes.
What happens to Ronald's car?