Timeline for How can a dragon take off to the air silently?
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| Feb 27, 2020 at 8:01 | comment | added | Mast | This reminds me of a philosophical question. "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?". | |
| Feb 26, 2020 at 21:46 | comment | added | KerrAvon2055 | Interesting idea, but the energy requirements put this in the "magic" category - a jet engine at takeoff is only 140db and as you note it's a logarithmic scale. Not to mention the structural damage the sound waves will do to the dragon at ground zero. | |
| Feb 26, 2020 at 19:15 | comment | added | Paul TIKI | +1 for Manowar. I almost forgot that little package of 80's hair and guitar driven goodness! | |
| Feb 26, 2020 at 18:26 | comment | added | Brian | One biological mechanism used for sound localization is to check how much a sound wave needs to be offset so that both ears line up. This doesn't work with single-frequency tones, since such tones will line up everywhere (hence why finding a beeping object is suspiciously difficult). Something to keep in mind if you want a physical explanation for why an animal might have difficulty orienting on a short "shout." | |
| Feb 26, 2020 at 13:34 | comment | added | Patrice | Now I kinda want the dragon to sing "warriors of the world united" before he takes off.... | |
| Feb 26, 2020 at 5:21 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | @AdrianColomitchi I learned the lesson too, but I mean the immediate effect which turns the world silent for a minute rather than the gradual loss that we experience in the long term. | |
| Feb 26, 2020 at 5:19 | history | edited | The Square-Cube Law | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 26, 2020 at 5:17 | comment | added | Adrian Colomitchi | "constantly got exposed to music at over 120 dB I can tell you that exposure desensitizes your eardrums for a while." Well, so you hope. Unfortunately, it's not only 'for a while', as I learned after using power tools without adequate ear protection. | |
| Feb 26, 2020 at 5:11 | history | answered | The Square-Cube Law | CC BY-SA 4.0 |