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[Rich S.[_1_]]

Looks like the "Airplane on a Conveyor Belt" episode is scheduled for
Wednesday night. In our area (Pacific NW), on Direct TV, it's on at Ten PM.

Rich S.

[Harry K]

On Jan 28, 3:50*pm, "Rich S." >
wrote:
> Looks like the "Airplane on a Conveyor Belt" episode is scheduled for
> Wednesday night. In our area (Pacific NW), on Direct TV, it's on at Ten PM..
>
> Rich S.

I caught it. Somewhat of a disappointment and also a big surprise.

They, of course, didn't try to 'build a treadmill that would track the
speed in reverse exactly' but did show, as close as practical, that it
would take off from a treadmill going approx lift-off speed in
reverse. No surprise there.

The surprise was the ultra-light pilot they had do the flying said he
thought the plane would remain stationary. If true, it leads to the
conclusion that that guy needs some remedial training in understanding
flight dynamics.

Harry K

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:33:37 -0800 (PST), Harry K >
wrote:

> The surprise was the ultra-light pilot they had do the flying said he
> thought the plane would remain stationary. If true, it leads to the
> conclusion that that guy needs some remedial training in understanding
> flight dynamics.

Actually, they *called* it an ultralight...but it was N-numbered, and the pilot
used "Light Sport" as his aircraft type on the radio. A former ultralight
converted to Experimental Light Sport, I reckon!

Ron Wanttaja

[Bob Fry]

>>>>> "HK" == Harry K <Harry> writes:

HK> The surprise was the ultra-light pilot they had do the flying
HK> said he thought the plane would remain stationary. If true,
HK> it leads to the conclusion that that guy needs some remedial
HK> training in understanding flight dynamics.

Reminds me years ago when I was mowing the lawn and the neighbor kid
asked "what happens if you quit moving the lawn mower?" He thought it
might start digging a hole in the ground. I said "Let's see!" and
left it running, stationary...watching his eyes get bigger and bigger.

Pretty sad our pilots have no more sense than a 7-year old.
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[Charles Vincent]

Harry K wrote:
> On Jan 28, 3:50 pm, "Rich S." >
> wrote:
>> Looks like the "Airplane on a Conveyor Belt" episode is scheduled for
>> Wednesday night. In our area (Pacific NW), on Direct TV, it's on at Ten PM.
>>
>> Rich S.
>
> I caught it. Somewhat of a disappointment and also a big surprise.
>
> They, of course, didn't try to 'build a treadmill that would track the
> speed in reverse exactly' but did show, as close as practical, that it
> would take off from a treadmill going approx lift-off speed in
> reverse. No surprise there.
>
> The surprise was the ultra-light pilot they had do the flying said he
> thought the plane would remain stationary. If true, it leads to the
> conclusion that that guy needs some remedial training in understanding
> flight dynamics.
>
> Harry K

As always, ask and YouTube provides....

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S377HwOthjo

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ul_5DtMLhc

Just shows that even pilots carry around a lot of misconceptions about
physics. I'm shocked.

Charles

[Harry K]

On Jan 31, 2:26*pm, Charles Vincent > wrote:
> Harry K wrote:
> > On Jan 28, 3:50 pm, "Rich S." >
> > wrote:
> >> Looks like the "Airplane on a Conveyor Belt" episode is scheduled for
> >> Wednesday night. In our area (Pacific NW), on Direct TV, it's on at Ten PM.
>
> >> Rich S.
>
> > I caught it. *Somewhat of a disappointment and also a big surprise.
>
> > They, of course, didn't try to 'build a treadmill that would track the
> > speed in reverse exactly' but did show, as close as practical, that it
> > would take off from a treadmill going approx lift-off speed in
> > reverse. *No surprise there.
>
> > The surprise was the ultra-light pilot they had do the flying said he
> > thought the plane would remain stationary. *If true, it leads to the
> > conclusion that that guy needs some remedial training in understanding
> > flight dynamics.
>
> > Harry K
>
> As always, ask and YouTube provides....
>
> Part 1
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S377HwOthjo
>
> Part 2
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ul_5DtMLhc
>
> Just shows that even pilots carry around a lot of misconceptions about
> physics. *I'm shocked.
>
> Charles- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I've been in those discussions on several different boards over the
years. There is always the ones who can't understand that the wheels
do not drive the plane. And then there are the nit-pickers who go on
endlessly about how you can't build a conveyor like that.

Harry K

[rpl]

Harry K wrote:
> On Jan 28, 3:50 pm, "Rich S." >
> wrote:
>> Looks like the "Airplane on a Conveyor Belt" episode is scheduled for
>> Wednesday night. In our area (Pacific NW), on Direct TV, it's on at Ten PM..
>>
>> Rich S.
>
> I caught it. Somewhat of a disappointment and also a big surprise.
>
> They, of course, didn't try to 'build a treadmill that would track the
> speed in reverse exactly' but did show, as close as practical, that it
> would take off from a treadmill going approx lift-off speed in
> reverse. No surprise there.
>
> The surprise was the ultra-light pilot they had do the flying said he
> thought the plane would remain stationary. If true, it leads to the
> conclusion that that guy needs some remedial training in understanding
> flight dynamics.

or a bit more time driving tractors.

rpl

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