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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I thought you're supposed to assume a vacuum.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

Maybe let the cow be a point mass?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

That does tend to simplify the aerodynamics modeling

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

I mean it definitely reduces over all drag.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months 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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Not sure if this is [email protected] or [email protected]. Maybe a bit of both.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That is an assumption that a physicist would do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Cows can only be assumed to be spherical for thermodynamic purposes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Reminds me of this gem

[–] Huschke 4 points 4 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Huschke 1 points 4 months ago

Allright, another qualifier to my statement it is. 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

This is fantastic, lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

This is udderly ridiculous

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Makes it look like this cow is speedy as fuck

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

i need to know its power level.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Everything is better than modern day SUVs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's fuel efficiency sure is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Definitely better than a Jeep Wrangler.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

France is Bacon

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

But is it more aerodynamic than a brick?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months 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..."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Turbulence in da ass

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

"Against the twister, Betsy stands alone."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Fetchez la vache!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

https://youtu.be/JQ8jGqdE2iw

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I know what to do with this information!

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months 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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

Only available for a limited time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Further testing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You are steered for takeoff.