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  #51  
Old February 7th 08, 04:35 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Blueskies" wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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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!
  #52  
Old February 7th 08, 05:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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?
  #53  
Old February 7th 08, 09:31 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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Old February 7th 08, 02:55 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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Old February 7th 08, 02:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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Old February 7th 08, 02:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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?
  #57  
Old February 7th 08, 03:02 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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


  #58  
Old February 7th 08, 03:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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Old February 7th 08, 03:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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Old February 7th 08, 05:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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