On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:03:45 +0800, "Dean"
wrote something
.......and in reply I say!:

A lead ball say around 1-1.5" diameter will stop at around 190-200
mph. I would not think a bullet would fall "bullet shaped", and would
not get much faster, if as fast. I would imagine larger objects would
have less air problems (more mass per surface area) and get a bit
faster even if not as dense in materials. Shape also matters. A humman
will fall a lot faster if arrowing down than if spreadeagled.

I have watched a fascinating thing about a guy who worked with
falcons. He had one that could fall at over 220mph, due to its shape
(teardrop) and they had not finished testing. So a feather _can_ drop
faster than a brick! G

I also saw a thing about cats. They apparentoy have quite a high
surival rate from apartment falls. Up to about 2 storeys they have no
trouble. From there until 7 storeys they get increasingly hurt and
killed. After that, they reach terminal velocity (funny I thought
_terminal_ velocity was about 0, but anyway) and have time to realise
that they are not going to go any faster. They relax, and spread out,
and may even slow down. They get broken legs and cracked ribs and
that's that.

Anumals were injured during the making of this production. The show
claimed that this was based on vet practice records, not actual
experiments.

This is sort of metalwork - it involves lead. I was watching the Iraqies
celebrating the capture of Saddam by firing their rifles and guns into the
air. How dangerous are the bullets coming down ? I know they fall back much
slower than they leave the gun barrel, but they must still be doing a fair
clip. They said 4 people so far have been killed by this but I guess in Iraq
its hard to know which bullets came from where. As a few of you know about
guns I thought I'd ask here.


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