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• Jerm65 1,413 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 12:55 PM

  I think she meant a bullet fired straight downwards.

  I'm not sure I agree though Lizzie.  The fired bullet would have a higher initial velocity, and therefore not be subject to the acceleration delay the other bullet would encounter in attaining terminal velocity.  The resultant deceleration of the fired bullet (assuming a muzzle velocity greater than terminal), may also factor in?

  Now, if the bullet was dropped by say, a migratory swallow instead of a hand, it may be a completely different outcome....

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 1:12 PM

  Jerm65:

   

  Now, if the bullet was dropped by say, a migratory swallow instead of a hand, it may be a completely different outcome....

   

  Would that be an African or European Swallow?

   

• CanineSupervisor 1,882 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 1:19 PM

  gofbals:

  ...I was more or less thinking of a goose.for example if a 30 lb goose was flying 30 miles per hour into a head wind that was 150 mph we all know what would happen.

  Here's a qusetion for gofbals:

  Suppose you had a plane with a 2000 lb payload (it could not fly if carrying over 2000 lbs) and you stuffed 2000 pounds of birds into the plane. If the birds began flying in the plane, could the plane now take off? 

• LizzieRossetti 1,545 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 2:02 PM

  Noooo, the bullet was fired parallel to the ground, I saw it on QI with Stephen Fry so it clearly has to be true. He went on about velocities and tech geek stuff, but apparently all of that shizz is just made up by maths teachers to give them a job an that. Obvious really innit.

   

  Lizzie xx

• renniw52 5,385 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 2:07 PM

  Are these hummingbirds or wild turkeys, and what is the cross winds and air mass upon takeoff? Are we at sea level or attempting lift off at 15,000 above? LMAO.

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 2:22 PM

  hmmm this sounds like a job for the 'Mythbusters' I think....lol

   

• Jerm65 1,413 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 2:43 PM

  piztaker:

  Would that be an African or European Swallow?

  Huh? I.....I don't know that.

  Auuuuuuuugh!!

• Jerm65 1,413 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 2:55 PM

  LizzieRossetti:

  Noooo, the bullet was fired parallel to the ground,

  Ahhhhh....I think I follow you now.

  Interesting concept.  I'll have to see if I can find that episode online.  Presumably some techno-babble about horizontal velocity having no effect on gravity?

  Bloody maths teachers!  I mean seriously....after you learn that 1 + 1 = 2, and that paycheque (minus) taxes = 0.....the rest is just frilly-stuff anyway, isn't it?

• gsoup 2,929 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 3:10 PM

  mantis0014:

  hmmm this sounds like a job for the 'Mythbusters' I think....lol

  they did, but the quantum physics blew my mind, all i know that Jaimies dropped and fired 45 round hid the ground at almost the same time. id just rather stay out of the way of bullets