How does a fly swatter kill

[Red Squirrel]

Consider the mass of the swatter compared to the fly. That's like getting hit by a whole office building.

Yeah, the fly is very dead at the end of getting hit. At camp we usually swat them and let them all fall to the ground, and the chipmunks come and clean them up for us. Those guys will eat anything lol.

As for mid air, if you were hovering in the air, let's not worry about how, let's just say you are, and a 747 comes by and hits you... same idea, not taking getting sucked into the engine into account, just the impact... you'd be dead or at least, very very hurt.

 

[CRXican]

it's called blunt force trauma

we can suspend you in the air, hit you with a baseball bat and see what happens

 

[xanis]

Really. If you take your fist and hit a fly in mid air... the fly lives.

You take a fly swatter do the same thing.. and dead

D:

you can't explain that.

 

[Squisher]

How does a fly swatter kill

If one of my kids were old enough to operate a computer and they were to ask me this I think they'd be the recipient of an open handed swing about the hairline, followed by a, "like that!"

 

[Perknose]

Really. If you take your fist and hit a fly in mid air... the fly lives.

You take a fly swatter do the same thing.. and dead

D:

Your intense stupidity offends me. There ought to be a formal category below "human being" for mouth breathers like you. Seriously, WHO turns on your computer for you?

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

In other news. How is babby formed?

 

[lxskllr]

In other news. How is babby formed?

http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

 

[DCal430]

In other news. How is babby formed?

http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

 

[JulesMaximus]

Magic

 

[Soundmanred]

fws.ybbab\ykromhs\hsalf\moc.lufwagnihtemos.www

 

[n7]

http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

D:

 

[Blitzvogel]

Seriously, there's a lot of physics going on with a fly swatter. I can't explain it cause didn't take physics, but think about it. You're extending a tool, and adding speed and snap. It's fairly obvious to me even if I can't write out the equations. Either that, or you're using an electric fly swatter :^P

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I would also think that the fly is sensitive to the change in air pressure as an arm gets near it at high speed. The fly swatter design helps dissipate this issue, by being aerodynamically permeable, so less air pressure is built up as the swatter moves at high speed coupled with the sheer speed of the swatter itself.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

Now know how babby formed. :awe:

 

[JulesMaximus]

It swats the fly to the future where its life has already ended.

 

[Jeff7]

If you swat a fly while you're running on a treadmill, does the fly die?

 

[TXHokie]

I wish we could do a demo to scale with you as the fly.

Easy, take a fly swatter, go up to the fifth floor of building and jump off. Make sure when you hit the pavement that the flyswatter is between your face and the cement. Same effect. Let us know how it goes.

 

[mjrpes3]

If you swat a fly while doing mushrooms, how many more flies will spawn from the swatter?

 

[SlitheryDee]

It causes the fly to realize it's place in the universe, after which the fly loses it's will to live.

 

[HeXen]

i had a fly get caught in between the holes of a swatter before.

 

[SolMiester]

Not trying to be an ass, but I don't think you thought that one through.

LOL, ass passing through head = kill!

 

[Engineer]

If you swat a fly while you're running on a treadmill, does the fly die?

What if the fly is running on the treadmill? Does it still die? Does it take off if it doesn't flap it's wings?:hmm:

 

[angminas]

The swatter is moving much faster than a fist, it's less elastic on the surface (most of a fist is positively cushy by comparison), and it displaces far less air (which acts as a cushion by pre-accelerating the fly). Therefore the swatter subjects the fly to much greater g-force.

Just in case there's actually anybody reading this who doesn't know all of that and more already.

 

[AMCRambler]

The real question is, if it was on a treadmill will it still take off?

 

[thescreensavers]

OP Run at full speed into a wall, I think youll find out what kills them

 

[twinrider1]

Fuckin flyswatters, how do they work?

Just had to give a big thank you for all the ICP comments...taking an idiotic thread and turning it into ATOT gold.