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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this is what happens when you don't assume a spherical cow?

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought you're supposed to assume a vacuum.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Assume both otherwise we have to face center of gravity issues.

Maybe let the cow be a point mass?

[–] LynneOfFlowers@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

That does tend to simplify the aerodynamics modeling

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

they forgot to model the ~~aero~~methane-spike from the cow fart.

I mean it definitely reduces over all drag.

[–] abcd 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If we install a nozzle with a check valve leaving the methane out but no flames in, we could build pulse jet driven bionic cows.

This wouldn’t change the aerodynamics at all but definitely increase the cows speed and reduce the global warming effect a bit

[–] Cuzscience@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Calculations are simpler if …….. you assume a spherical cow!

[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That is an assumption that a physicist would do.

[–] lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As they say, knowledge is power, France is bacon.

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] Huschke@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks. If anyone in the future asks my opinion regarding breast size, I can safely say that a preliminary study has shown that, aerodynamically speaking, it is better to have large breasts.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only if you’re facing the wind directly. In other orientations it may not be ideal. The analysis appears incomplete.

[–] Huschke@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Allright, another qualifier to my statement it is. 😅

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

This is fantastic, lol

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

This is udderly ridiculous

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Makes it look like this cow is speedy as fuck

[–] midimalist@lemdro.id 8 points 1 month ago

i need to know its power level.

[–] Nooodel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is its drag coefficient better than a modern day SUV's?

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everything is better than modern day SUVs

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's fuel efficiency sure is.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Definitely better than a Jeep Wrangler.

[–] homesnatch@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

France is Bacon

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Turbulence in da ass

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 month ago

But is it more aerodynamic than a brick?

[–] badelf@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

"...and at the quarter turn, odds fav Merry Bell is running a full length behind Morning Milk. Morning Milk won the Nickel Pasture Jaunt last week..."

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

"Against the twister, Betsy stands alone."

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

It helps you aim when you decide to pull a Genghis Khan and launch them from catapults at your enemies

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Fetchez la vache!

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

This is why my plan to put wings and a rocket on a cow actually made sense!

Take that, you luddite aspca goons! That cow would have revolutionized human travel!

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I know what to do with this information!

Rotate it in my mind. It’s free. No one can stop me.

[–] Pantoffel@feddit.de 1 points 1 month ago

Will this increase the quality of our weather and climate models?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

You are steered for takeoff.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] erp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Mmmm, yes; science is most excellent: Ballistic Beef™

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