fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · edit-21 year agoIts diving speed during flight is more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour, making it not only the world’s fastest bird but also the world’s fastest animal.imagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down116
arrow-up1397arrow-down1imageIts diving speed during flight is more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour, making it not only the world’s fastest bird but also the world’s fastest animal.fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSince gravity isn’t affected by weight, they’d both be the same speed, no?
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agobut larger things have larger mass to area ratio so larger things experience less drag per weight thus resulting in higher terminal velocity
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoyes, but supposing a perfectly spherical falcon…
Since gravity isn’t affected by weight, they’d both be the same speed, no?
but larger things have larger mass to area ratio so larger things experience less drag per weight thus resulting in higher terminal velocity
yes, but supposing a perfectly spherical falcon…