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Why airplanes taxi
"Blueskies" wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message ... On Feb 6, 8:19 am, wrote: Fixed-wing aircraft taxi because their wheels reduce friction as they move forward on the ground. :-) I am feeling profound today... No, airplane's taxi because they can. -Robert Or is it because they must? Reporter: So tell us airplane, why do you taxi on the taxiway? Airplane: Because it isn't air! |
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Why airplanes taxi
On 2/6/2008 6:04 PM Mxsmanic ignored two million years of human
evolution to write: No, I did not. Actually, you tedious lying idiot, you did. But since you employ your usual dishonest method of editing the context out of posts to which you reply, who can tell - unless, of course, one simply looks at the posts in this thread? |
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The statement that started this thread was fundamentally incorrect. I've illustrated why. Nope. Show me a wheelless airplane taxiing. Skis don't count ;-) How about floats though? Has anyone considered the friction between floats and water? As far as I can see, the scope of the original posting was limited to taxiing on the ground. It is of course debatable whether a layer of water between the airplane and the ground, which in this context is more aptly named the bottom, is influencing the amount of molecules in outer space. As there have been no reports of floatplanes leaving the atmosphere, I let the case rest. |
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On Feb 6, 4:17 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
wrote: On Feb 6, 12:06 pm, Tina wrote: Gee, where would the energy come from to cause the acceleration? Same place everything Anthony posts comes from, straight out of his ass. There is indeed an argument to be made for this post posterior postulation post haste. Assuming Mxsmanic on roller blades and a smooth surface, both Newton and Chef Boy Ardee do theoretically address the possibility that eating X amount of baked beans can be translated into Y amount of posterior acceleration...considering the friction of the roller blades on the surface and the opening size of Mxsmanic's posterior orifice of course. I think the Calculus works.; Not at all sure about Mxsmanic however, as I understand he doesn't work. -- Dudley Henriques Well he could do it like this: http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictur...lyGrail062.jpg Perhaps if he constructs a large wooden badger.... |
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On Feb 6, 1:20 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote : writes: Space isn't frictionless dummy. Where does the friction come from? Klingons, fjukkwit! Bertie So scrape them off dammit! |
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On Feb 6, 1:20 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote : writes: Fixed-wing aircraft taxi because their wheels reduce friction as they move forward on the ground. So, logically, spacecraft in the frictionless environment of outer space should immediately accelerate to the speed of light. No, it takes a few minutes. Don't you watch star trek? Bertie It actually depends on the volume and pitch of the 'rrorrr-rrOORRR' sound and angle at which Mr. Scott finds himself clinging to the fence in front of the engines. Smoke escaping out of various panels on the bridge seems to help as well. You sure this isn't a GM product we're talking about here? |
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Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
Exactly, why do you think the Enterprise had the big deflector dish on it. UFB's???? Unidentified Flying Bugs |
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On Feb 6, 6:53 pm, "Blueskies" wrote:
It seems this discussion is heating up... Attributable to friction, of course |
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On Feb 7, 9:31*am, "Snowbird" wrote:
The statement that started this thread was fundamentally incorrect. I've illustrated why. Nope. Show me a wheelless airplane taxiing. Skis don't count ;-) How about floats though? Has anyone considered the friction between floats and water? As far as I can see, the scope of the original posting was limited to taxiing on the ground. It is of course debatable whether a layer of water between the airplane and the ground, which in this context is more aptly named the bottom, is influencing the amount of molecules in outer space. As there have been no reports of floatplanes leaving the atmosphere, I let the case rest. Wasn't it a floatplane that was looking for the other three in the Bermuda triangle? -Kees |
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"Jim Logajan" wrote in message .. . "Blueskies" wrote: "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message ... On Feb 6, 8:19 am, wrote: Fixed-wing aircraft taxi because their wheels reduce friction as they move forward on the ground. :-) I am feeling profound today... No, airplane's taxi because they can. -Robert Or is it because they must? Reporter: So tell us airplane, why do you taxi on the taxiway? Airplane: Because it isn't air! To prove to the simulator that it COULD be done. Al G |
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