Unbelievable - but I wasn't surprised at all tbh.

 

Start your guesses here...

Originally posted by smw1

So what were the results of the bucket tests then Nelson ?

and I'm not talking plastic beakers here either.

 

Bucket + water = extra MASS !!:eek:

"We'll sing our song,

The bucket of water song ...."

 

TISWAS, Sally James, jumpers for goalposts .... etc

You wont get soaked Timmy my slimline chum. I hear you have to run around in the shower to get wet.

:D

Paul

Some further thoughts/observations.

 

Your front has a larger surface area than your head.

If you run you spend less time covering the same distance and so less rain would fall on your head.

 

 

This is actually a simple time/area mathematical problem, think about the two extremes, ie dead slow/stop and covering the ground virtually instananeously - that should give you the answer.

 

Originally posted by Nelson MainFella

Why wud you get less on your head when running - u simply get different drops.

 

As duffman said if you go really fast, you will get more on your front than your back , then much more on your front than has not reached your back.

 

So slow = wet

faster = wet but different places

faster still = wetter overall and mainly on front

 

The amount hitting your head would stay the same.:D

Originally posted by AndyP

 

Your front has a larger surface area than your head.

If you run you spend less time covering the same distance and so less rain would fall on your head.

 

 

 

I thought you meant steady-state ie. wetness per second ;) NOT wetness for a given distance.:rolleyes:

heres the solution - go and try it in a hot country where it never ever rains !!

Got soaked but then took a longer lunch sat in car with heater on to dry off by which time rain had quit. Sun came out, had a smoke...read the Star and half of Max Power then went back to work...SORTED!!! :D

 

Simon: Was rather hoping you were gonna pipe up and say "Timmy mate, I'll come round and get you then we can go for a liquid lunch but that didn't seem to work" ;)

Originally posted by Robtor

If running you would be getting wetter, getting the same amount on your head yet more on your front, but the overwhelming factor is you'd only be out in the rain for about half the time. You'd end up dryer in the end.

 

and... if you are running then their is the extra drying effect of the faster airflow so you may have dried some of the rain off on arrival at your car.

 

Remote central locking is an essential anti-pissing-it-down tool to allow the car to be unlocked whilst aproaching the car at high speed.

Otherwise what's the point in running when you have to fumble about for the key and miss the keyhole several times in a wet panic! :D

...don't forget dropping the keys, swearing, picking them back up, finding the right key again and THEN unlocking the car! :)