• somePotato@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    To be faaaair, the cheetah reaches 100+ km/h on it’s own merits, the dumb falcon just falls really fast

    If you drop a whale from space it will probably beat that speed record while falling, the falcon doesn’t get extra credit just because he can get up there and survive without help

    • Willy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      A bowl of petunias would beat the falcon at some points in its descent from space. Possibly over and over again.

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      1 year ago

      Straight horizontal max speed flight for the falcon is 110-130 km/h though, so still very fast even when not falling.

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      1 year ago

      There ain’t no way a whale’s terminal velocity reaches 240 mph. The falcon’s credit comes from the fact that it can make itself so aerodynamic.