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Old December 4th 07, 01:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.homebuilt
Paul Tomblin
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Default Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"

In a previous article, "Maxwell" said:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
.. .
This is completely incorrect. Human vision produces no such artifact.
Anything moving beyond a certain speed is simply a blur; it never appears
to
move backwards.

No, motion pictures PRODUCE the phenomenon. It's an artifact of the
motion
picture, not human vision.

That is a function of shutter speed.

No, the human visual system will not do it at all.


Keep digging, you are half way to China already.


Except in this case he's absolutely right.


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