FYI: Dec 12 MythBusters: Airplane Hour

Morgans wrote:
"cavelamb himself" wrote


Who is this fool????


You've just been MXed!

Is that like when somebody runs a pipe cleaner in one ear
and out the other?

"cavelamb himself" wrote

Is that like when somebody runs a pipe cleaner in one ear
and out the other?

Except in MX's case, the pipe cleaner would come out clean!
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in
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"cavelamb himself" wrote

Is that like when somebody runs a pipe cleaner in one ear
and out the other?

Except in MX's case, the pipe cleaner would come out clean!

No, it would come out covered in fecal matter.

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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Nope, nothing to do with looking at the ground. Here's a hint: you're making an incorrect assumption, and earlier in this thread there's a post related to the reason.

"Marty Shapiro" wrote

No, it would come out covered in fecal matter.


True. I don't know what I was thinking! g

I am not sure it would be because he is full of it, or because he lives with
his head up his arse, though. ;-)
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in
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"Marty Shapiro" wrote

No, it would come out covered in fecal matter.


True. I don't know what I was thinking! g

I am not sure it would be because he is full of it, or because he
lives with his head up his arse, though. ;-)

Both.

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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I am not sure it would be because he is full of it, or because he
lives with his head up his arse, though. ;-)

Both.

Definitely.

Since he lives with his head up his ass, it would only follow that it would
be full!
--
Jim in NC

"Some Other Guy" wrote in message
...
Ron Webb wrote:
I like Mythbusters a lot, but they ALWAYS miss something important!

It irritates me most (being an electronics engineer) when they have
something involving electronics, and they don't involve their EE
(Grant Imahara) who certainly could have kept them on track.

Actually, even then it doesn't always work.

They did an episode on seeing if cellphones could mess up a VOR. They got
fairly elaborate with this, using an enclosed mockup cockpit and a
"cellphone signal generator" with adjustable power output.

But! This was just a *single* generator. The real problem, as I see it,
is
when you have *more* than one cellphone transmitting. You then get mixing
products generated all over the place, any of which could land in IF range
of the VOR receiver.



Yea - I saw that one. 'Twas all I could do not to yell and throw things at
the TV! Maybe Grant is so into his robotics stuff that he's forgotten all
that stuff on RF...

They never mentioned (as I recall) the real reason for the "no cellphone"
rule, either. It wasn't the FAA that wanted it so much as the cell phone
industry.

A cell phone in flight is going to give the ground network a headache ---
figuring which cell site should handle the call. A LOT of cell sites are
going to be in range, and the strongest signal will be changing too fast to
follow.

Remember that the rule was put in place 20 years ago or better, when
computers were much slower and the cell co-ordination software was still
working out bugs. Now multiply that one high flying cell phone by 50,000 or
so (over L.A. say) and you can see why they were worried.

The new computers can handle it, so there are moves afoot to do away with
the rules. Some are already gone.

Morgans wrote:
I am not sure it would be because he is full of it, or because he
lives with his head up his arse, though. ;-)

Both.


Definitely.

Since he lives with his head up his ass, it would only follow that it would
be full!


I think we ought to install a Plexiglass Belly Button in the poor guy.

Give him some way to see out?

"Morgans" wrote in message ...

"Blueskies" wrote

Nothing to do with down wind turns, but ever notice how a helium filled balloon fixed inside a car leans toward the
inside of a turn, or leans backward when a car stops, or leans forward when it accelerates?

Yep, and I have another good one for you. Inside a big motor home, on a cold night, if you get in, and get the engine
powered heater going, the front of the vehicle will get nice and warm, while way in the back is still nearly as cold
as it was before you fired it up.

If you stop suddenly, all of the cold air in the back will rush up to the front, and you will be cold again, almost
instantly!
--
Jim in NC



Cool! ;-)