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| Thread ID: 64128 | 2005-12-04 07:01:00 | Sunday night Brain Bender - Airplane Physics | miknz (3731) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 410182 | 2007-10-18 18:40:00 | ah, this is one my favorite physics discussions, funny how it manages to captivate so many people. Fact of the matter is, of course, that the plane will take off. Of course it will. There were a couple of members here who could not see that though even though it was all explained to them. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 410183 | 2007-10-19 06:04:00 | I suggest we pool our money, Buy a freakin killer airplane, Build us a freakin giant biatch of a conveyor belt and put this sucker to the test, And that will be the end of it. :lol: :lol: Would be great fun, but totally unnecessary. Of course the plane will fly. It's still building up air speed, the thrust from the engines will be the same as if said plane was taking off normally. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 410184 | 2007-10-19 06:15:00 | This from that other forum summed it up nice and simply for me, so here it is for those that (still) think it won't take off: "I think there is some confusion at this point. Exactly *how* does the conveyor belt keep the plane's speed in check? (It can't.) The wheels are free to move - the conveyor belt can speed up as much as it wants, but the plane still has forward thrust from the prop. (This is tricky! It looks deceptively simple at first - initially, I was positive the plane would not take off...)" |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 410185 | 2008-03-27 19:20:00 | as long as there is airspeed the the plane will fly...... | robsonde (120) | ||
| 410186 | 2008-03-27 19:37:00 | as long as there is airspeed the the plane will fly...... I thought this was settled six months ago. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 410187 | 2008-03-27 19:51:00 | Sweeeeeeeeet, I hate this thread all over again, Just this last page was enough to stress me.:horrified:horrified:horrified | Metla (12) | ||
| 410188 | 2008-03-27 20:03:00 | Time for another quick belt. :o | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 410189 | 2008-03-27 20:09:00 | Mythbusters settled this a while back, and yes in a real live test it takes off. www.youtube.com www.youtube.com . |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 410190 | 2008-03-27 20:16:00 | Mythbusters settled this a while back, and yes in a real live test it takes off. www.youtube.com www.youtube.com . Champions. I'll watch them later. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 410191 | 2008-03-27 20:30:00 | Yeah good bas*ards. :thumbs: | wratterus (105) | ||
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