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SciAggie

Info regarding raindrops at terminal velocity. https://weloveweather.tv/fast-rain-actually-travel/
This place is so much more than a cooking forum, right?

ColtsFan

Botch said:

I'm both impressed, and perplexed.

I asked Alexa what the terminal velocity was for a raindrop (wherein gravitational acceleration, and aerodynamic drag, reach equilibrium, for an object in free-fall) and She answered, approximately 20 mph; impressive! Thinking about watching the rain again the dark trees here, I guessed that 20 mph was pretty close to on-the-money.

But then, confusion. I already knew that the terminal velocity for a human body is about 120 mph. A raindrop is actually not raindrop-shaped, but rather near-spherical; but even then it should provide a much more lower drag/weight ratio, compared to a human body, screaming with arms and legs flailing. I would think the raindrop should fall faster.

 

Any ideas?  

I skydived once in the rain. I can assure you that I was traveling a hell of a lot faster than those rain drops.

They stung as they pelted off my face

CigarCityEgger

Busted out the deep fryer for the games today. Twice fries the french fries which were delicious and made lemon pepper rub and Nado’s peri peri wings.

SciAggie

ColtsFan said:

Botch said:

I'm both impressed, and perplexed.

I asked Alexa what the terminal velocity was for a raindrop (wherein gravitational acceleration, and aerodynamic drag, reach equilibrium, for an object in free-fall) and She answered, approximately 20 mph; impressive! Thinking about watching the rain again the dark trees here, I guessed that 20 mph was pretty close to on-the-money.

But then, confusion. I already knew that the terminal velocity for a human body is about 120 mph. A raindrop is actually not raindrop-shaped, but rather near-spherical; but even then it should provide a much more lower drag/weight ratio, compared to a human body, screaming with arms and legs flailing. I would think the raindrop should fall faster.

 

Any ideas?  

I skydived once in the rain. I can assure you that I was traveling a hell of a lot faster than those rain drops.

They stung as they pelted off my face

That’s crazy. You would have been “catching” the rain drops at a relative 100 mph or 5 times the speed of a raindrop hitting you on the ground. I bet they stung...

SGH

CigarCityEgger said:

Busted out the deep fryer for the games today. Twice fries the french fries which were delicious and made lemon pepper rub and Nado’s peri peri wings.

theyolksonyou

CigarCityEgger said:

Busted out the deep fryer for the games today. Twice fries the french fries which were delicious and made lemon pepper rub and Nado’s peri peri wings.

Fryers need more love.  Used mine 4 times this weekend.  

Botch

SciAggie said:

Info regarding raindrops at terminal velocity. https://weloveweather.tv/fast-rain-actually-travel/
This place is so much more than a cooking forum, right?

I'm still not understanding why a smaller raindrop falls slower than a bigger one, much less a screaming, flailing human.  My first two years of college were as an aerospace engineer, I may have to dig out those dusky texts to figure out what I'm missing.  
And I need to retrain myself to not think about such dumb ****, once I retire.  Egads.  

theyolksonyou

Botch said:

SciAggie said:

Info regarding raindrops at terminal velocity. https://weloveweather.tv/fast-rain-actually-travel/
This place is so much more than a cooking forum, right?

I'm still not understanding why a smaller raindrop falls slower than a bigger one, much less a screaming, flailing human.  My first two years of college were as an aerospace engineer, I may have to dig out those dusky texts to figure out what I'm missing.  
And I need to retrain myself to not think about such dumb ****, once I retire.  Egads.  

@botch has to do with mass and surface area.  This link may help.  (I didn’t read it all.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_velocity

DoubleEgger

theyolksonyou said:

CigarCityEgger said:

Busted out the deep fryer for the games today. Twice fries the french fries which were delicious and made lemon pepper rub and Nado’s peri peri wings.

Fryers need more love.  Used mine 4 times this weekend.  

Sounds like your fryer showed a lot of love on the bike trail today...

theyolksonyou

DoubleEgger said:

theyolksonyou said:

CigarCityEgger said:

Busted out the deep fryer for the games today. Twice fries the french fries which were delicious and made lemon pepper rub and Nado’s peri peri wings.

Fryers need more love.  Used mine 4 times this weekend.  

Sounds like your fryer showed a lot of love on the bike trail today...

That and bourbon 

HeavyG

Botch said:

SciAggie said:

Info regarding raindrops at terminal velocity. https://weloveweather.tv/fast-rain-actually-travel/
This place is so much more than a cooking forum, right?

I'm still not understanding why a smaller raindrop falls slower than a bigger one, much less a screaming, flailing human.  My first two years of college were as an aerospace engineer, I may have to dig out those dusky texts to figure out what I'm missing.  
And I need to retrain myself to not think about such dumb ****, once I retire.  Egads.  

I'm sure xkcd has done a strip or three on this topic.

caliking

SD loaf after a loooong time. Cumin seeds and red onion in this one. 

thetrim

Botch said:

@JohnInCarolina, you use this gif often, to good effect.  Fun story!  
 
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/09/20/blinking-guy-gif-drew-scanlon-fundraising-vpx.kpix/video/playlists/atv-trending-videos/

Interesting back story.  Put me in the camp that thought that was Cary Elwes.  Kind of jacked that they didn't have a link to his fundraising site on there.

Battleborn

Coming back from spending the weekend here.

northGAcock

Battleborn said:

Coming back from spending the weekend here.

Southern Utah? Gawjus by the way.

Battleborn

northGAcock said:

Battleborn said:

Coming back from spending the weekend here.

Southern Utah? Gawjus by the way.

Yes Sir, just south of Zion NP in Hildale. One of my favorite places.

ColtsFan

Cussing my boss.

He just texted me a picture. He went to Austria for Oktoberfest

BugFreak72

My first attempt at short ribs.

lousubcap

ColtsFan said:

Cussing my boss.

He just texted me a picture. He went to Austria for Oktoberfest

Close but Munich is the home.  Beer lesson upon return??

lousubcap

@BugFreak72 - well. now you need to retire that cook as I don't think it will ever get any better.  Way to nail it.  Congrats.

bucky925

caliking said:

Battleborn said:

@lousubcap I have always lived by that. Both at work and at home.

@Ozzie_Isaac If it wasn't for the rifle I bought without permission last week, we would have pictures of a new KJ.

 My stock response -
1. I don't do drugs
2. I'm not having an affair
We're good, right?

This from the guy who's wife still hasn't seen the bourbon slushy pic from BB 2018?     .  Just pulling the old chain brother.  

alaskanassasin

U_tarded

northGAcock said:

Battleborn said:

Coming back from spending the weekend here.

Southern Utah? Gawjus by the way.

Great place for sure.  Did you go to the cheese factory there (Colorado city)?  If not make a side trip it’s really good.

Battleborn

U_tarded said:

northGAcock said:

Battleborn said:

Coming back from spending the weekend here.

Southern Utah? Gawjus by the way.

Great place for sure.  Did you go to the cheese factory there (Colorado city)?  If not make a side trip it’s really good.

We did not. We went straight to the campsite and did not leave until this morning. Thanks for the recommendation, we will check it out next time we go.

SGH

alaskanassasin said:

U_tarded

Battleborn said:

U_tarded said:

northGAcock said:

Battleborn said:

Coming back from spending the weekend here.

Southern Utah? Gawjus by the way.

Great place for sure.  Did you go to the cheese factory there (Colorado city)?  If not make a side trip it’s really good.

We did not. We went straight to the campsite and did not leave until this morning. Thanks for the recommendation, we will check it out next time we go.

Also what campground is this? we usually just go to BLM or other public areas but that area looks nice, I’m sure my wife wouldn’t mind something like that. 

Battleborn

U_tarded said:

Battleborn said:

U_tarded said:

northGAcock said:

Battleborn said:

Coming back from spending the weekend here.

Southern Utah? Gawjus by the way.

Great place for sure.  Did you go to the cheese factory there (Colorado city)?  If not make a side trip it’s really good.

We did not. We went straight to the campsite and did not leave until this morning. Thanks for the recommendation, we will check it out next time we go.

Also what campground is this? we usually just go to BLM or other public areas but that area looks nice, I’m sure my wife wouldn’t mind something like that. 

We actually Airbnb the spots just to make sure we get what we want. This one is a little more expensive than I want for camping, but it comes with the tent, cots and an amazing view. Here is the link for this particular place.

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/34470116

NorthPilot06

theyolksonyou said:

Botch said:

SciAggie said:

Info regarding raindrops at terminal velocity. https://weloveweather.tv/fast-rain-actually-travel/
This place is so much more than a cooking forum, right?

I'm still not understanding why a smaller raindrop falls slower than a bigger one, much less a screaming, flailing human.  My first two years of college were as an aerospace engineer, I may have to dig out those dusky texts to figure out what I'm missing.  
And I need to retrain myself to not think about such dumb ****, once I retire.  Egads.  

@botch has to do with mass and surface area.  This link may help.  (I didn’t read it all.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_velocity

That’s right. Terminal velocity is reached when the force of gravity is equal to parasitic drag (equal forces = no acceleration). 

Let’s take your example of two raindrops. Let’s say, for simplicity, that one is double the size of the other by volume and weight. That means that, in the terminal velocity equation (see @theyolksonyou link above), the numerator would double; however, the denominator would increase only by ~60% (the coefficient of drag, gravity constant, and density of air would not change). Since the numerator increases faster than the denominator, we can say that larger raindrops fall faster. 

U_tarded

Battleborn said:

U_tarded said:

Battleborn said:

U_tarded said:

northGAcock said:

Battleborn said:

Coming back from spending the weekend here.

Southern Utah? Gawjus by the way.

Great place for sure.  Did you go to the cheese factory there (Colorado city)?  If not make a side trip it’s really good.

We did not. We went straight to the campsite and did not leave until this morning. Thanks for the recommendation, we will check it out next time we go.

Also what campground is this? we usually just go to BLM or other public areas but that area looks nice, I’m sure my wife wouldn’t mind something like that. 

We actually Airbnb the spots just to make sure we get what we want. This one is a little more expensive than I want for camping, but it comes with the tent, cots and an amazing view. Here is the link for this particular place.

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/34470116

Thanks!  That’s our biggest struggle is the area is so popular we are always fighting for spots or booking national forest/parks 6 months in advance.  It gets annoying 

YukonRon

Insomnia makes you do weird things. 

Terminal velocity is reached when the force of gravity is equal to parasitic drag.

I remember doing this equation in a calc exam, if I remember correctly, it was my freshman year, following physics that same day.

Why am I writing this?