Plane-crashes because of collision with bees ???

Dan Simper wrote:
I heard that a collision between a plane and a bee can be
devastating.

Is that true ?


I have a hard time imagining a common scenario where this could
happen. A bee hitting an airplane will usually just go Splat!

A few years ago I had the misfortune of riding my motorcycle through
a swarm of large bumble bees at 85 mph. The impacts were a little
painful, but certainly not dangerous. The worst part was having to
spend about 15 min. digging fried bee goo out of the cooling fins on my
cylinders.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

"Dan Simper" wrote:
I heard that a collision between a plane and a bee can be devastating.

Is that true ?

It might have been the "golden beebee" that you heard about.

That's a single, lucky shot from the ground that hits just the right spot on
the airplane (or the pilot) to bring it down.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

On 2005-02-09, Dan Simper wrote:
I heard that a collision between a plane and a bee can be devastating.

It's not so much the bees, it's what the rest of the tree with the
nest does that really causes problems.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

"Dan Simper" wrote in message
om...
I heard that a collision between a plane and a bee can be devastating.

Is that true ?

E = MC(sq)

energy involved is a function of the mass of the bodies times the square of
the closing velocity. with nearly zero mass compared to the aircraft, it
would be hard to imagine a bee doing any serious damage to an aircraft

"Some Guy" wrote in message
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"Dan Simper" wrote in message
om...
I heard that a collision between a plane and a bee can be devastating.

Is that true ?

E = MC(sq)

energy involved is a function of the mass of the bodies times the square
of
the closing velocity. with nearly zero mass compared to the aircraft, it
would be hard to imagine a bee doing any serious damage to an aircraft

If the bee was going the speed of light, it might cause some damage.

"Paul Wheelock" wrote in message

If the bee was going the speed of light, it might cause some damage.

Or if the plane were travelling at the speed of light...... equally as
likely.

Some Guy wrote:

"Dan Simper" wrote in message
om...

I heard that a collision between a plane and a bee can be devastating.

Is that true ?


E = MC(sq)

energy involved is a function of the mass of the bodies times the square of
the closing velocity. with nearly zero mass compared to the aircraft, it
would be hard to imagine a bee doing any serious damage to an aircraft



Your explanation is correct, but the equation you provide is
Einstein's equation giving the equivalence between mass and energy -
it's valid even if the objects are at rest.

What you want is the equation for kinetic energy of a moving object,
K.E. = (1/2)m v(squared).

Rich Lemert