I wonder if a north-seeking, plastic owl can do?
Hans
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From: jimlux <[email protected]>
To: Alan NV8A <[email protected]>
Cc: TowerTalk <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 8:10 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Divining rods
Alan NV8A wrote:
> I remember reading decades ago that, according to the laws of
> aerodynamics, bees cannot fly because their wings are not large enough
> for their body size. The bees, however, being unfamiliar with the laws
> of aerodynamics, just keep flying anyway.
>
> 73
That's a canard..
it was originally intended to demonstrate that simple models do not
always work (e.g. flapping wings are not steady state flow, no you can't
neglect thermodynamics, etc.)
Sort of like modeling an antenna as a lumped RLC. Works for small
frequency ranges, but not for large ones.
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