Hmmm - let's for a moment assume that 'at some stage ... neither was your Ercoupe.'
Unless 'inertial dampers' (not yet invented until the Starship Enterprise) had been installed in the Coupe, the occupants would find themselves 'one with the instrument panel.' I think the Coupe is affected (conversation of momentum and energy), but while there may be a calculable effect I suspect it is immeasurable. Interesting question - when someone has an approved 337 for inertial dampers....... :-) - Roy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Willis Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:47 PM To: James B. Brennan; Flyin flyin Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] "Today's Word" Importance: Low This reminds me of an old conundrum - did you realise that every time a fly hits your Ercoupe in flight that it stops it? The thinking goes like this. You are flying along and hit a fly. The fly was buzzing along at say 5 kts towards you. After impact it is flying in the other direction at your airspeed of say 85 kts. So it slowed up to stationary, then accelerated in the other direction. So at some stage it wasn't moving, so therefore neither was your Ercoupe. So the fly stopped your 'Coupe! Happy puzzling, Mike On 21/1/09 14:05, "James B. Brennan" <[email protected]> wrote: Snarge, n, bird, after plane strike. See: http://infamyorpraise.blogspot.com/2005/09/word-of-day-snarge.html <http://infamyorpraise.blogspot.com/2005/09/word-of-day-snarge.html> [email protected] www.ercoupe.co.uk Alon A2 Aircoupe A-188 G-HARY --
