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- damnit458 - 01-31-2008
CaptainHenreh Wrote:Mythbusters proves that a plane on a conveyor belt will take off.
Who owes who beer?
So for those of you who watched this, how did t hey construct the conveyor belt, or was it more of a theoretical kind of thing that they tested with smaller models?
- CaptainHenreh - 01-31-2008
They took a tarp (a looooooooong tarp) and drug it from a truck while an ultralight stood on it.
They determined the speed required by the ultralight to take off, and ran the "treadmill" at that speed.
But they also did a dozen scale demonstrations, and showed why it works. (I.E. A plane is not a car, the wheels are just the interface with the ground, the primary motivation is still via a plane's propeller which does not interact with the ground in any way.)
- Apoc - 01-31-2008
Who can look at the poll respondents and tell us?
- CaptainHenreh - 01-31-2008
Apoc Wrote:Who can look at the poll respondents and tell us?
You should be able to look through the thread and make an accounting.
- Apoc - 01-31-2008
That sounds like work. Why do work when someone can just look in one place and do it for us. Gosh!
- Maengelito - 01-31-2008
CaptainHenreh Wrote:the primary motivation is still via a plane's propeller which does not interact with the ground in any way.)
and if it does, you've got some other problems to deal with first
- Hunter - 01-31-2008
Maengelito Wrote:CaptainHenreh Wrote:the primary motivation is still via a plane's propeller which does not interact with the ground in any way.)
and if it does, you've got some other problems to deal with first
OH NOES!!!
![[Image: beforeimpact.jpg]](http://www.thatsnotnews.com/photos/beforeimpact.jpg)
- WRXtranceformed - 01-31-2008
That picture is begging for a FAIL caption!