If a shark could swim in air, how fast would it be able to move? Suspend disbelief for a minute and assume that it's all about the fact that water is less dense than air so therefore has less resistance. Also forget that a shark needs the resistance of the water to be able to push itself along...
Some sharks, such as the Mako shark, can swim at up to 60kph in the water, so assuming a shark could swim in air how fast would they be able to move without the resistance of the water to slow them down?
2006-12-27 03:45:39 · 21 answers · asked by anydenney 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
You know... short wings... heavy weight ... no air suspension capability ...
Crashing in about one minute and half..
But the shark will sustain that it can fly until the crash !!!!!!!!!!
Happy New Year !!!!!!!
2006-12-27 03:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 0⤋
I think the Mako Shark could swim about 2khp in air, since the air will be such a fraction of density and the shark would have some help from the wind and gravitational force. Excellent question!
2006-12-27 03:49:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since you say not to take into account the fact that the shark needs the resistance of the water, I think Cereal Killer has to be right - 60kph for the Mako shark etc
2006-12-27 03:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
From high up the shark will accelerate at a rate of 9.8 meters per second up to about a max speed of 150 MPH before hitting the ground and going splat
2006-12-27 08:12:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry but this is a really dumb question.
Given that its impossible that they'd fly at all its all very well saying less resistance equals more speed but less resistance means less to push off and swim against - cars can come to a screeching halt - planes cant, can they?
2006-12-27 06:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
isnt a sharks method of propulsion all about thrust ? as such less resistance is going to mean that it would be slower or less effective besides which swimming in air would be flying wouldnt it :)
2006-12-27 03:48:25 · answer #6 · answered by Alec Oddly IV 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
,Good question....quite terrifying, the thought of flying great white sharks above us..<
But I think that you cannot suspend the need for the resistance in order for them to push and allow at the same time for them to obtain the same thrust ratio in air if this is a question about speed..
2006-12-27 03:51:33 · answer #7 · answered by SALMON 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to add the speed of the aeroplane or helicopter that is transporting the basins in which the shark is swimming from one end to the other.
2006-12-27 04:02:42 · answer #8 · answered by Michael V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its speed would accelerate at the same rate as all sea swimmers if they didn't have the resistance of water, so why specify a shark?
Have you been drinking?????
2006-12-27 03:55:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dude, you would have to add factors in like wings, different muscles, and lots of other stuff to get any kind of an adequate answer to this wild question.
Just know that attorneys travel by air and that is scary enough let alone the real thing flying around chasing everybody, trying to eat them and oooooooohhhhhh.
Could make for interesting fodder in Hollywood.
2006-12-27 03:50:22 · answer #10 · answered by Rowdy Yayhoot 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2016-12-01 05:35:23 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋