andsome Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 If it's this country it will probably be raining and the hover fly will be sheltering. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 My uncle Peregrine Gladstone-Ponsonby used to drive a lorry for a freight company that specialised in moving pet birds - canaries etc - around the country. He used to travel during the hours of darkness when the birds were normally quiet. It was a "Fly by night" company.He frequently carried loads of birds weighing a ton or more.He claims that when he was required to cross a bridge with a weight restriction - he used to stop and bang on the sides of the van to get 'em flying to reduce the weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 My uncle Peregrine Gladstone-Ponsonby used to drive a lorry for a freight company that specialised in moving pet birds - canaries etc - around the country. He used to travel during the hours of darkness when the birds were normally quiet. It was a "Fly by night" company.He frequently carried loads of birds weighing a ton or more.He claims that when he was required to cross a bridge with a weight restriction - he used to stop and bang on the sides of the van to get 'em flying to reduce the weight.That would make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 I've actually got a good question which I need some help with. Don't know if it's mathematical or scientific or anything but :Say there's a hover-fly on a stationed bus. This hover-fly is doing its hover-fly thing by hovering still on the spot and then suddenly the bus begins to move.Will, Henry the hover-fly move at all because of the pressures inside the bus, or will it continue to hover on its original hovering spot?Will this be on the night of a full moon or during a cloudy day?Is this a necessary factor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 I've actually got a good question which I need some help with. Don't know if it's mathematical or scientific or anything but :Say there's a hover-fly on a stationed bus. This hover-fly is doing its hover-fly thing by hovering still on the spot and then suddenly the bus begins to move.Will, Henry the hover-fly move at all because of the pressures inside the bus, or will it continue to hover on its original hovering spot?Will this be on the night of a full moon or during a cloudy day?Is this a necessary factor?Absolutely as it affects traction, both on the ground and in the air.We also need the weight of the hover-fly and bus (with occupants) and acceleration rate of the both with the number of passengers aboard each of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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