Comment by _aavaa_
6 days ago
Thanks! I’ll keep this on hand for next time I hear that a UFO proof video comes out saying that an object can’t move the way it does on screen.
6 days ago
Thanks! I’ll keep this on hand for next time I hear that a UFO proof video comes out saying that an object can’t move the way it does on screen.
Wing area (roughly) scales by n² and mass by n³, so size matters for this kind of thing.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Being_the_Right_Size (PDF at https://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy3221/spring10/HaldaneRig...)