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How high can you fly?
Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 7:13Â*pm, wrote: Clueless. -- Jim Pennino No sir. That's just an opinion. May I have one? Sure, you can have a clueless opinion. Cite. Your last one. snip nonsense Does the phrase, "metal fatigue" mean anything to you? Does the phrase "annual inspection" mean anything to you? Does the phrase, "not visible to the naked eye" mean anything to you? Maybe that's why things other than naked eye inspection are used. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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How high can you fly?
Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 7:15Â*pm, wrote: Correct. Those are aeronautical physics experiments. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. No they are unmanned because they would have to be many times bigger to carry the weight of a person. No they are unmanned because they didn't want to make them large enough to carry a man. Having comprehension problems? If you want to be 100% anal-retentively correct, there was never any plan for them to be other than unmanned, so they were designed to be just big enough to be able to fly with what's in them. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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How high can you fly?
On Sep 20, 7:15*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote: On Sep 20, 6:00*pm, wrote: george wrote: On Sep 21, 3:44*am, wrote: george wrote: I think the 'electric' powered aircraft is little more than a toy.. Seehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWoLsJz8J5U Compared to a real airplane, yes. There may be some niche applications, like unmanned surveillance, where they might be useful but they are terribly fragile. And a range of 90 minutes.... That's barely enough to start a crosscountry. If you want a fun machine that goes places cheaply The Bantam B22 Microlight has a 4 hour range at 60+ knots. I was referring to the unmanned research things that stay up for days, mostly because they are little more than gliders covered with solar cells with an electric motor. Correct. Those are aeronautical physics experiments. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. No they are unmanned because they would have to be many times bigger to carry the weight of a person. -- Jim Pennino Actually you could carry 2 or 3 people. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. "Payload: Up to 726 lb., including ballast, instrumentation, experiments and a supplemental electrical energy system..." --- Mark http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...ios/index.html |
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How high can you fly?
On Sep 20, 7:52*pm, Mark wrote:
They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. No they are unmanned because they would have to be many times bigger to carry the weight of a person. No they are unmanned because they didn't want to make them large enough to carry a man. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...ios/index.html Keep trying. Even a blind pig gets an acorn once in a while. --- Mark I AM WRONG! They aren't unmanned because they didn't want to make them large enough to carry a man. I AM RIGHT! See my first answer. They are unmanned because they wanted to set endurance and elevation records. My mistake was in thinking I was wrong. Like you. --- Mark |
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How high can you fly?
On Sep 20, 8:11*pm, wrote:
No sir. That's just an opinion. May I have one? Sure, you can have a clueless opinion. Cite. Your last one. See corroberrating link which proves otherwise. Does the phrase, "not visible to the naked eye" mean anything to you? Maybe that's why things other than naked eye inspection are used. -- Jim Pennino Ok. I'm listening. You're saying an annual inspection of an antique plane can verifiably determine all inner structures, cables, pulleys (or push rods ) struts, etc. won't fail? (I'm not arguing here) --- Mark |
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How high can you fly?
On Sep 20, 8:17*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote: On Sep 20, 7:15*pm, wrote: Correct. Those are aeronautical physics experiments. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. No they are unmanned because they would have to be many times bigger to carry the weight of a person. No they are unmanned because they didn't want to make them large enough to carry a man. Having comprehension problems? No I am not. You are! gibberish snipped ... there was never any plan for them to be other than unmanned, so they were designed to be just big enough to be able to fly with what's in them. -- Jim Pennino Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong If you study the development of the design and it's mission statement, you will see that these things are designed to carry nearly an 800lb payload. Further study will explain what that payload consists of, and what it will be used for. No acorn for you. --- Mark |
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How high can you fly?
Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 7:15Â*pm, wrote: Mark wrote: On Sep 20, 6:00Â*pm, wrote: george wrote: On Sep 21, 3:44Â*am, wrote: george wrote: I think the 'electric' powered aircraft is little more than a toy. Seehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWoLsJz8J5U Compared to a real airplane, yes. There may be some niche applications, like unmanned surveillance, where they might be useful but they are terribly fragile. And a range of 90 minutes.... That's barely enough to start a crosscountry. If you want a fun machine that goes places cheaply The Bantam B22 Microlight has a 4 hour range at 60+ knots. I was referring to the unmanned research things that stay up for days, mostly because they are little more than gliders covered with solar cells with an electric motor. Correct. Those are aeronautical physics experiments. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. No they are unmanned because they would have to be many times bigger to carry the weight of a person. -- Jim Pennino Actually you could carry 2 or 3 people. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. Where would you put them, strapped across the wing? "Payload: Up to 726 lb., including ballast, instrumentation, experiments and a supplemental electrical energy system..." Or in other words, it was already full of junk. BTW, this text isn't in your link. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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On Sep 20, 8:42*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote: On Sep 20, 7:15*pm, wrote: Mark wrote: On Sep 20, 6:00*pm, wrote: george wrote: On Sep 21, 3:44*am, wrote: george wrote: I think the 'electric' powered aircraft is little more than a toy. Seehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWoLsJz8J5U Compared to a real airplane, yes. There may be some niche applications, like unmanned surveillance, where they might be useful but they are terribly fragile. And a range of 90 minutes.... That's barely enough to start a crosscountry. If you want a fun machine that goes places cheaply The Bantam B22 Microlight has a 4 hour range at 60+ knots. I was referring to the unmanned research things that stay up for days, mostly because they are little more than gliders covered with solar cells with an electric motor. Correct. Those are aeronautical physics experiments. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. No they are unmanned because they would have to be many times bigger to carry the weight of a person. -- Jim Pennino Actually you could carry 2 or 3 people. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. Where would you put them, strapped across the wing? Well, since there's sufficient lift to carry them, you would design accomodations. But they didn't build them to carry people. They were trying to set records in endurance and elevation, within the criteria of the original mission statement which sought to display it's applications in mapping, etc. "Payload: Up to 726 lb., including ballast, instrumentation, experiments and a supplemental electrical energy system..." Or in other words, it was already full of junk. There is sufficient lift to carry 3 really fat chicks. But they were trying to set records in endurance and elevation, plus market it's applications. BTW, this text isn't in your link. Yesterday you called me stupid for not backtracking a site to another site that wasn't even linked. In this case, the text is on the *same* website I just gave you. It's in the specification area. (Hint, ya gotta click the little prompt icon). --- Mark -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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How high can you fly?
Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 8:11Â*pm, wrote: No sir. That's just an opinion. May I have one? Sure, you can have a clueless opinion. Cite. Your last one. See corroberrating link which proves otherwise. Gibberish. Does the phrase, "not visible to the naked eye" mean anything to you? Maybe that's why things other than naked eye inspection are used. -- Jim Pennino Ok. I'm listening. You're saying an annual inspection of an antique plane can verifiably determine all inner structures, cables, pulleys (or push rods ) struts, etc. won't fail? (I'm not arguing here) Well, for starters, things like cables and pulleys have to have inspection plates just so you can inspect them. And in the cases where there is no inspection plate and "something bad" is subsequently discovered, there is usually an AD issued to add inspection plates or some other method of inspection. Fabric airplanes have limited fabric life and tests for the integrity of the fabric. When tge fabric is replaced, the structure is (supposed to be) inspected for, as appropriate, corrosion or rot. You did know many of those "antique" airplanes have wood structures? Also, there are high tech things like magnaflux inspection for starters. Tell the truth; have you ever actually been on a GA airport? -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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How high can you fly?
Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 8:17Â*pm, wrote: Mark wrote: On Sep 20, 7:15Â*pm, wrote: Correct. Those are aeronautical physics experiments. They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation. No they are unmanned because they would have to be many times bigger to carry the weight of a person. No they are unmanned because they didn't want to make them large enough to carry a man. Having comprehension problems? No I am not. You are! gibberish snipped ... there was never any plan for them to be other than unmanned, so they were designed to be just big enough to be able to fly with what's in them. -- Jim Pennino Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong If you study the development of the design and it's mission statement, you will see that these things are designed to carry nearly an 800lb payload. Further study will explain what that payload consists of, and what it will be used for. No acorn for you. Actually, the thing was designed to keep researchers employed. They have otherwise no useful purpose any time in the foreseeable future. They are too fragile to survive in the real world and too slow to be useful for surveillance as they can't keep up with winds aloft. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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