2006-09-29 22:44:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Depends on the brand of pigeon, my Angolan pigeon can go as much as 40km/h without losing a feather
2006-09-29 22:54:17 · answer #1 · answered by rickybellanco 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is not just a matter of the velocity of the bird. The angle at which they hit the glass is also important.
In sustained flight a pigeon can easily reach 24 or 25 mph. They can break their neck against the glass at less than half this speed,say 10 to 11 mph.
2006-09-30 05:50:17 · answer #2 · answered by Richard 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If it were a swallow, (a european and not an african swallow) it would have to beat its wings 43 times every second in order to maintain a minimum airspeed velocity. Carrying a coconut, there would have to be two sparrows, holding it on a line held under the dorsal guding feathers, so the terminal velocity would depend on whether the sparrows were flying in tandem, eshelon, or abreast.
2006-09-30 08:24:18 · answer #3 · answered by Holden 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not that fast. I killed a grouse with a house once, and they aren't that fast of flyers by any stretch...
ok, I didn't personally kill it, but I stepped out of the garden startling it, and it took off flying all of ten feet into the side of the house. (note: not the window, it hit the wall!!)
2006-09-30 08:39:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have to moving infinitely fast, otherwise there would be some time lapse between beak-glass contact and death.
2006-09-30 06:02:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how fast is the window moving toward it? but then i'd also have to ask, is the window open?
2006-09-30 05:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that fast. they usually break their necks... If they make little tumbles on the ground, they broke their neck.
Use to shoot them in the neck with pellet gun..
2006-09-30 05:47:03 · answer #7 · answered by Pyp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By "flying" could you also mean "being propelled by a lacrosse stick"?
2006-10-02 05:46:48 · answer #8 · answered by bubbacornflakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
24 1/2 mph???
2006-09-30 05:46:35 · answer #9 · answered by princess_lew86 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damn fast. Should be wearing a crash helmet - I keep telling him ...
2006-09-30 05:47:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋