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When a car is moving How come a mosquito can fly at the same speed?
It is because everything in the car is accelerated to the same speed and is moving relative to the ground at the same speed. Including the mosquito. In this case, it would not need to use more power to stay in your face than in a situation where you would both be chilling at the side of the lake.
How fast does a fly fly in a moving car?
The fly was inside your car, so its speed with respect to the car is zero. Its just as much inside the car as you are.
How fast can flies Fly?
The common housefly has a maximum flying speed of five miles per hour… even though its wings beat 20 thousand times per minute.
How fast can Flies Fly?
Is a fly flying faster than driving?
Overall, flying is almost an hour slower than driving.
Can a car fly if it goes fast enough?
Whatever the area of the tires that are on the ground will also stay the same no matter how fast the car goes. Well, if a car goes fast enough and if the spoiler is designed correctly the car will have the opposite of what an airplane has to make it fly. Call it anti-lift.
How fast is the fastest fly?
According to the Smithsonian, the title of fastest flying insect belongs to the dragonfly, which darts and spins and dives at a record 35 miles per hour.
How fast can a fly accelerate?
They manage just 7km/hr – a brisk walking pace. They seem faster because they are very acrobatic and hard to catch. The fastest flying insects are dragonflies, with a top speed of 56km/hr (35mph).
What happens to a fly in an accelerating car?
A fly in an accelerating car. A fly is flying around in a car, the fly never touches any surface in the car only fly’s around in the air inside the car. The car accelerates.
Can an insect fly in a moving car?
But once the car is at steady speed, the insect doesn’t need to be pulled along any more, and it won’t be able to tell that the car is moving. It can fly around just as if it were in the room of a house. It does not have to fly forwards to keep up with the car.
What is the speed of the fly inside the car?
The fly was inside your car, so its speed with respect to the car is zero. Its just as much inside the car as you are. Both are travelling at 120 with respect to any observer on the road.
Are the head and the fly moving in a car?
Both are moving. You must distinguish between velocity and acceleration. If the car were to accelerate suddenly, both your head and the fly would appear to snap towards the rear of the car. In fact it would be the car snapping forwards against the constant velocity of your head and the fly.