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Dallas wrote:
In case you missed it, here's the segment on You Tube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KSBFQOfas60&feature=related And yet, the debate continues. :- ( The only debate was due to the VERY ambiguous way the scenario was worded. In that episode, they were very careful to word in a very unambiguous way. When you remove the ambiguity, it either becomes a situation where it is obvious that the plane will take off, or a situation that is physically impossible to achieve. Naturally the myth busters choose the first scenario. -- Chris W KE5GIX "Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm" Ham Radio Repeater Database. http://hrrdb.com |
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:04:25 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Well, it was a bit of lawn furniture, wasn't it? Yeah, that's the ticket... it was an awning I was using as shade over the airplane... -- Dallas |
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Dallas wrote in
: On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:04:25 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: Well, it was a bit of lawn furniture, wasn't it? Yeah, that's the ticket... it was an awning I was using as shade over the airplane... OK, you lost me now. Bertie |
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On Feb 1, 12:54*pm, Dallas wrote:
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:28:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: The dreaded downwind turn, turning into the dead engine, all those myths still have their adherents amongst current pilots. What about agreeing to place your aircraft on top of a very large piece of fabric, cranking up the engine and firewalling it. Imagine calling your insurance company trying to explain how a 100 foot strip of fabric got fouled into your prop. I'd be surprised if he had insurance on it. -Robert |
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Jim Logajan wrote:
Dallas wrote: On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 17:56:47 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: Good grief. Check out the comments at the Mythbusters site. http://mythbustersresults.com/episode97#comments "You blew it big time. I am a pilot and I can tell you that the myth about the airplane conveyor belt is supposed to be confirmed." He's not a pilot, he's an idiot. Hey man - it's still a free country and there is no law that says you can't be both an idiot and a pilot at the same time! ;-) Hell yeah! If anyone doesn't believe that, ask my wife!! :-) -- Dudley Henriques |
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Dallas wrote:
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:28:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: The dreaded downwind turn, turning into the dead engine, all those myths still have their adherents amongst current pilots. What about agreeing to place your aircraft on top of a very large piece of fabric, cranking up the engine and firewalling it. Imagine calling your insurance company trying to explain how a 100 foot strip of fabric got fouled into your prop. You know, I watched that thing and this was my only thought as I watched them set it all up. -- Dudley Henriques |
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On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:51:44 -0500, Dudley Henriques wrote:
You know, I watched that thing and this was my only thought as I watched them set it all up. Oh well, he was dumb enough to think the aircraft wouldn't take off so what makes you think he'd consider anything more complicated than that? :- ) -- Dallas |
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:45:11 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
OK, you lost me now. Wow.. that's kinda neat... I befuddled a Bunyip. -- Dallas |
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Dallas wrote in
: On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:45:11 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: OK, you lost me now. Wow.. that's kinda neat... I befuddled a Bunyip. Hey, I failed gibberish, what can I say? Bertie |
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I've just posted to another forum on the subject. I think the Mythbusters demo was completely flawed and didn't address the question as it was originally asked. Of course the aircraft was going to fly given the nature of their experiment. http://tinyurl.com/yt79o5 -- PeeCeeElf Posted at www.flight.org |
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