Drooling Iguana
01-09-2005, 11:31 AM
I've finally got myself a copy of the book, and I've read through the first nine issues so far. However, Issue 8 contains something that I feel must be addressed:Bumble bees shouldn't be able to fly according to the laws of Physics, yet they do.
A long-held myth of the bumblebee was that, in terms of theoretical aerodynamics, it did not have the capacity (in terms of wing size or beat per second) to achieve flight with the degree of wing loading necessary. This myth became popular after an aerodynamicist in the 1930's stated that a bumblebee was not capable of flight. The statment was based upon an assumption that the bee's wing could be treated as a static aerofoil. However, in reality the bumblebee's flight is characterized by an occilating wing that shares more characteristics with a helicopter than an aeroplane.The link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebees).
Also, Alex Halo should be brutally beaten. That is all.
A long-held myth of the bumblebee was that, in terms of theoretical aerodynamics, it did not have the capacity (in terms of wing size or beat per second) to achieve flight with the degree of wing loading necessary. This myth became popular after an aerodynamicist in the 1930's stated that a bumblebee was not capable of flight. The statment was based upon an assumption that the bee's wing could be treated as a static aerofoil. However, in reality the bumblebee's flight is characterized by an occilating wing that shares more characteristics with a helicopter than an aeroplane.The link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebees).
Also, Alex Halo should be brutally beaten. That is all.