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Post subject: Re: RV 10 vs bird  Posted: 11 Nov 2010, 21:05 |
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Post subject: Re: RV 10 vs bird Posted: 11 Nov 2010, 21:40 |
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A 10 lb. bird at 250 kts is equivalent to a 10 ton impact.
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Post subject: Re: RV 10 vs bird Posted: 11 Nov 2010, 22:08 |
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Username Protected wrote: 250 knots? Yeah, first I don't know how fast the RV-10 aircraft flys and secondly its the only number I remember when discussing bird strikes in ground school. 
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Post subject: Re: RV 10 vs bird Posted: 11 Nov 2010, 22:36 |
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Username Protected wrote: He reported 170mph at time of impact. That should reduce the impact force to a mere 3 tons (based on momentum being proportional to velocity squared).
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Post subject: Re: RV 10 vs bird Posted: 11 Nov 2010, 22:52 |
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Username Protected wrote: He reported 170mph at time of impact. That should reduce the impact force to a mere 3 tons (based on momentum being proportional to velocity squared).
To my untrained eye it appears to have been struck by a swallow carrying a coconut, although I won't take a guess on the velocity 
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Post subject: Re: RV 10 vs bird Posted: 11 Nov 2010, 23:47 |
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Swallow would have been to far out of aft cg with coconut.
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Post subject: Re: RV 10 vs bird Posted: 11 Nov 2010, 23:52 |
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Username Protected wrote: African or European swallow? African swallow, definately
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