<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> The 2X4 has a lot more energy and momentum to help it overcome wind resistance. Assuming both the board and the pine needle maintained stable, end-on flight, the board would go on a good long way while the pine needle would lose speed very fast and drop to the ground.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>

Yea but the pine needle has neither. All it has is speed. It has roughly a 1/10000 of the KE of the 2X4 yet it still penetrates into the tree.

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