10 Jun
2010
10 Jun
'10
9:36 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:28 AM, RodSmallwood
<rodsmallwood at btconnect.com> wrote:
Ah an example of the Bumble Bee principle.
Aerodynamically the Bumble Bee
can't fly. However they have no way of telling the Bee, so it carries on
flying.
Well, yes, except that since that meme started, they've analyzed the
airstreams around the bumblebee with better precision and it turns out
there's a wee vortex over the back of the bee that makes all the
difference in overall lift.
Not predictable nor detectable with 19th Century methods, but there
none-the-less.
-ethan