Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 01:05:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from apollo.email.starband.net ([148.78.249.132] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.1) with ESMTP id 2521752 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:49:18 -0400 Received: from starband.net (vsat-148-64-23-255.c050.t7.mrt.starband.net [148.64.23.255]) by apollo.email.starband.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7D2p7UY002024 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:51:10 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <3F39A83A.6000808@starband.net> X-Original-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:53:46 -0700 From: "Hamid A. Wasti" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] Re: LNC2 bird strike References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit VTAILJEFF@aol.com wrote: >Recently, a Cessna (172-- I think) with a flight instructor and student >crashed following a birdstrike. They reported control problems following the bird >collision. Unfortuntely both pilots were killed. Remember F=MA. Little mass, >lots of A. > Actually, in this case, the important equation is F=0.5 * M * V^2, or Force = 1/2 * Mass * Velocity Squared. Hitting the bird at 200 knots will cause 4 times as much damage as hitting it at 100 knots. As Jeff pointed out, a little mass coupled with a lot of velocity can be just as deadly as a lot of mass with much smaller velocity. Hamid