surely that can't be right - the insects fly into a headwind so the windspeed must be a negative number (see http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/instruments/q0210.shtml)
using a positive number gives an airspeed of -0.8m/s!
moths and most other animals fly into head winds for tracking purposes
Hi all,
I am involved in a project to fly small moths down a wind tunnel to measure their flight patterns.
the moths fly a total of 1.15m into a headwind of 1m/s. i am currently using velocity=distance/time to calculate an average speed but am unsure if this would be a called a...