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I'm an aerospace engineer, so when we had our daughter somebody bought us "Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering" which is one of those board books about a toddler w

by na85 8y ago

I'm an aerospace engineer, so when we had our daughter somebody bought us "Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering" which is one of those board books about a toddler with a bird friend who wants to see outer space. The book touches (briefly) on why bird's wings can't take her to outer space, and that she needs a rocket. Good inspiration for your stories maybe? The same author has done ones about coding, thermodynamics, and gravity.

jelliclesfarm 8y ago
Oh! That is lovely!! I am currently trying to work on a chapter about a bumblebee who is bullied by a finch and The ElderMother explains how bumblebee wings works differently (dynamic stall) than a bird’s feathered wings.
- mncharity 8y ago
  > how bumblebee wings works Years ago I saw a video (and was later unable to find it again) of a slow-motion bumblebee hovering slowly over leaf litter. Vortices of dust. Fragments of leaf tumbling away, like shantytown roofs beneath a hovering helicopter. That the bee was supporting itself on a downward-moving column of air was visceral. So perhaps touch on all flight being "higher pressure on the bottom than top", either floating, or pushing things downward. For visuals, one might rift on wing downwash and vorticies, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRmVucs78s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRmVucs78s or https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/33/e2/1c33e2f2fa82b7bf4a86a1a67d32c2e3.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/33/e2/1c33e2f2fa82b7bf4a86... .
  - jelliclesfarm 8y ago
    Love that!! I have a lot of slo mo videos from the farm of ladybirds and bumblebees in flight..I do a lot of nothing but staring at the farm. Bees are so awesome and I have spent hours just sitting in front of the apiary. Myrtle Mouse had an uncle who ran a surgery and apothecary..where she sometimes assisted as a young mouse. A damselfly comes with tattered wings and wants them repaired. In the waiting room, there is a bumblebee with pollen baskets that has been clogged. Maybe I will switch them and make the bumblebee the one with the flight problems and Myrtle can recall how her uncle explained bumblebee flight to her.

by na85 8y ago

jelliclesfarm 8y ago

Oh! That is lovely!! I am currently trying to work on a chapter about a bumblebee who is bullied by a finch and The ElderMother explains how bumblebee wings works differently (dynamic stall) than a bird’s feathered wings.

mncharity 8y ago
> how bumblebee wings works Years ago I saw a video (and was later unable to find it again) of a slow-motion bumblebee hovering slowly over leaf litter. Vortices of dust. Fragments of leaf tumbling away, like shantytown roofs beneath a hovering helicopter. That the bee was supporting itself on a downward-moving column of air was visceral. So perhaps touch on all flight being "higher pressure on the bottom than top", either floating, or pushing things downward. For visuals, one might rift on wing downwash and vorticies, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRmVucs78s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRmVucs78s or https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/33/e2/1c33e2f2fa82b7bf4a86a1a67d32c2e3.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/33/e2/1c33e2f2fa82b7bf4a86... .
- jelliclesfarm 8y ago
  Love that!! I have a lot of slo mo videos from the farm of ladybirds and bumblebees in flight..I do a lot of nothing but staring at the farm. Bees are so awesome and I have spent hours just sitting in front of the apiary. Myrtle Mouse had an uncle who ran a surgery and apothecary..where she sometimes assisted as a young mouse. A damselfly comes with tattered wings and wants them repaired. In the waiting room, there is a bumblebee with pollen baskets that has been clogged. Maybe I will switch them and make the bumblebee the one with the flight problems and Myrtle can recall how her uncle explained bumblebee flight to her.