ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:

In article . net, Richard Lamb
says...


According to Shafer "Lift is caused by Lift Demons.
These little, invisible demons hold on to the leading and trailing edges of
the aircraft and lift it into the air by flapping their wings (so, in a
reductionist sense, lift is actually caused by feathers).


First honest thing I've read in this thread. Lift is caused by feathers is a
known scientific fact and I can prove it .

Take a 10 # Canada goose and it will fly very nicely. Now pluck all the feathers
and then watch this now naked Goose do high speed taxi's with it's little naked
wings flapping wildly. The Goose sans feathers cannot fly so the answer is
obvious to those who take the time the think about it. The average goose has 2
pounds of feathers so therefore for every pound of feathers you can lift 5# of
goose. Therefore I propose that we build a man carrying mechanical Goose to
prove this phenomena.

We can start small with say an Ultralight version with a gross weight of 600#.
We would need only about 120 # of feathers. We will need to fund this all
important project so I'll be accepting donations...cash only .

Later well do a project on how speed is caused ,you'll be amazed how it works.A
small clue is electromagnetic plasma pulses rectified by an alum pyramid shaped
hat. Don't forget to send money ...

Lift Faries?? Pure bunk!! It's feathers my boy feathers!!

Count Clipper


Well, Chuck, I have to admit, you almost had me won over.

At near 10 stone, I'd need to collect only 40 pounds of (pretty!) feathers and
I'd be able to fly just like Peter Pan. Finally, a life long dream realized!

Researching through my technical library, I came across an ancient documentary
film - "Those Magnificent Men And Their Flying Machines".
In the opening sequence, Red Skelton attempted feathered flight.

Fortunately, for the squeamish souls among us, this tragedy was filmed in a
very long shot. But that shot DOES allow us to measure the L/D directly from
the filmed evidence.

The result was a dismal .01:1 glide ratio...

Well, back to the drawing board...

Richard