Fly out the car window: what happens?

Flint · 12-25-2008, 10:32 PM

When you have a fly in your car, and you shoo him out the window, what happens to him?

Say you're travelling at highway speed, what happens when his little fly wings hit that fast-moving air? What about the turbulence between the two bodies of air? I'm sure a fly's body isn't designed for that (or maybe it is).

I'd think the fly's wings would get ripped off his body, or he would almost instantly perish by some other means. I'm almost certain he doesn't just blissfully fly away, and wonder what zip code he's in.

What do you think? Maybe one of you smart-types who knows all about physics and whatnot.

lumberjim · 12-25-2008, 10:48 PM

if the air was actually standing still just outside the car window, maybe...but the car moves that air outside, too. the fly will gradually slow with the air currents.

weirdo

Aliantha · 12-25-2008, 11:32 PM

Why don't you do an experiment with yourself Flint?

Flint · 12-25-2008, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Why don't you do an experiment with yourself Flint?

Because I'm not a fly. Therefore, impossible. Duh.

Aliantha · 12-25-2008, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Because I'm not a fly. Therefore, impossible. Duh.

Well Pookas probably happy that you're at least clever enough to realize you might not survive a jump out of a moving car...and besides, wouldn't the car crash if you did anyway?

Stress Puppy · 12-25-2008, 11:41 PM

I am no expert, but I think the fly probably just buzzes off perfectly fine. There's probably some time of extreme turbulence but I doubt the wings come off or that it could impact the car hard enough to kill it.

Flint · 12-25-2008, 11:46 PM

Not if I wasn't driving.

Aliantha · 12-25-2008, 11:48 PM

Of course, but I think you might have a hard time finding someone to drive you if they knew what you were going to do.

That's why I think you'd have to drive yourself.

Perhaps you could put the car on auto-pilot...

Flint · 12-25-2008, 11:50 PM

They have professional drivers for this sort of thing.

Aliantha · 12-25-2008, 11:51 PM

I can see the ad now.

Wanted: Driver for a lunatic who thinks he's a fly. Good money, and if things don't work out, you can keep the car.

Yznhymr · 12-26-2008, 01:56 AM

Accident

limey · 12-31-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Yznhymr

Accident

And that ad was on TV over here ...

BrianR · 12-26-2008, 04:12 AM

I can never get a fly to go OUT the window.

I've had one or more of the damn things buzzing around my truck for ten days before they either die or wander out. I have even seen one fly partway out the window and then drive like hell to get back in against the air currents.

Annoying when you have 600 miles to go before you get to stop.

ZenGum · 12-26-2008, 04:46 AM

The fly will be fine ... if the car is on a treadmill ....

Pie · 12-26-2008, 09:17 AM

They'll flip ass-over-teakettle, then wonder what zip code they're in.

12-25-2008, 10:32 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Fly out the car window: what happens? When you have a fly in your car, and you shoo him out the window, what happens to him? Say you're travelling at highway speed, what happens when his little fly wings hit that fast-moving air? What about the turbulence between the two bodies of air? I'm sure a fly's body isn't designed for that (or maybe it is). I'd think the fly's wings would get ripped off his body, or he would almost instantly perish by some other means. I'm almost certain he doesn't just blissfully fly away, and wonder what zip code he's in. What do you think? Maybe one of you smart-types who knows all about physics and whatnot. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-25-2008, 10:48 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	if the air was actually standing still just outside the car window, maybe...but the car moves that air outside, too. the fly will gradually slow with the air currents. weirdo __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-25-2008, 11:32 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Why don't you do an experiment with yourself Flint? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-25-2008, 11:41 PM	#6
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	I am no expert, but I think the fly probably just buzzes off perfectly fine. There's probably some time of extreme turbulence but I doubt the wings come off or that it could impact the car hard enough to kill it. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

12-25-2008, 11:46 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Not if I wasn't driving. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-25-2008, 11:48 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Of course, but I think you might have a hard time finding someone to drive you if they knew what you were going to do. That's why I think you'd have to drive yourself. Perhaps you could put the car on auto-pilot... __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-25-2008, 11:50 PM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	They have professional drivers for this sort of thing. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-25-2008, 11:51 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I can see the ad now. Wanted: Driver for a lunatic who thinks he's a fly. Good money, and if things don't work out, you can keep the car. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-26-2008, 01:56 AM	#11
Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	Accident __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

12-26-2008, 04:12 AM	#13
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I can never get a fly to go OUT the window. I've had one or more of the damn things buzzing around my truck for ten days before they either die or wander out. I have even seen one fly partway out the window and then drive like hell to get back in against the air currents. Annoying when you have 600 miles to go before you get to stop. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

12-26-2008, 04:46 AM	#14
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	The fly will be fine ... if the car is on a treadmill .... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-26-2008, 09:17 AM	#15
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	They'll flip ass-over-teakettle, then wonder what zip code they're in. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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