Would be an interesting experiment. I think the dominant forces would likely be caused by turbulent air blown into the whistle, with gravity being irrelevant. The ball would get knocked against the walls chaotically as it moves between pressure zones.
I worry for any future whistleblowers from Boeing.
You probably can’t blow a whistle in space. The little ball inside the whistle needs gravity to work.
I guess it’s really the friction, so maybe if you blow hard enough, it will still work
Would be an interesting experiment. I think the dominant forces would likely be caused by turbulent air blown into the whistle, with gravity being irrelevant. The ball would get knocked against the walls chaotically as it moves between pressure zones.
We need to write NASA a letter. But with bad handwriting, and those cute backwards letters that kids do. Maybe we can get to the bottom of this
That may have been true once but Boeing has cracked it: if you let compressed helium leak from a little hole, you get a whistle blown.
Science is beautiful
Isn’t the ball just to let the tone waver? I’ve definitely seen whistles without them
That’s just the kind of whistle I picture. It’s true that there are the kinds that just have the reed shape