Star Wars Aerodynamics

11 thoughts on “Star Wars Aerodynamics”

1. scottser July 24, 2018 at 3:03 pm

   ‘Because you need to know about the relative speed and drag coefficient of various spacecraft in the Star Wars universe.’
   well ye won’t be able to do the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs if you don’t, smartypants.
2. Starina July 24, 2018 at 3:21 pm

   What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow doing the Kessel run?
   1. Cian July 24, 2018 at 3:24 pm

      Zero.
      Space is a vacuum. So there is no air. So there is no airspeed.
      1. Starina July 24, 2018 at 3:54 pm

         thanks, Cian. you will not be tossed into the Pit of Eternal Stench
         1. Scraib July 24, 2018 at 4:28 pm

            Wait wait, is that the European swallow?
      2. Tony July 24, 2018 at 6:04 pm

         @Cian

         But these ships also fly in the lower atmosphere where there IS air. So, airspeed
         1. Cian July 24, 2018 at 6:10 pm

            I know that they do that.
            But I was answering in relation to the Kessel run.
            1. Tony July 24, 2018 at 6:26 pm

               But the Kessel Run was not though space. It was though hyperspace. Is hyperspace a vacuum?
3. curmudgeon July 24, 2018 at 4:47 pm

   Hey broadsheet what happened to the comments on the Gemma O Doherty page?

   https://www.broadsheet.ie/2018/07/24/they-are-laughing-at-me-and-you/#comments
   1. Cian July 24, 2018 at 4:57 pm

      they have **disappeared**!
   2. Janet, I ate my avatar July 24, 2018 at 5:16 pm

      no comments
      and no way to leave new comments

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