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The Impossibility of Flying Heavy Aircraft Without Training
"Doug" writes:
Obviously it IS impossible. After all, they did it with three of them and they ALL CRASHED!!!! Four. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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Very long boring technical discussion of Lift Faries adn Thrust Demons....(NASA)
Jose wrote: An ostrich after all, with all it's feathers, CAN'T FLY. Oh, come now. You need to apply mathematical and scientific reasoning. It's already been experimentally established that it takes two pounds of feathers to lift ten pounds of Canada goose. An ostrich weighs much more than ten pounds, but does not have a commensurate amount of feathers. Feathers are not magical, they operate by strict scientific principles and an insufficient amount of feathers won't even make a fruit fly. If you want to convince me that it's not feathers, do some experiments. Attach a pound of feathers for every five pounds of ostrich, and toss the ostriches out of an airplane. Do this a statistically significant number of times, and then we'll talk turkey. It's all skyhooks. and turkeys flying ? snort grunt whistle. coffee runs out nose new keyboard aaaargh Where I work there are turkeys and they don't fly :-) |
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Very long boring technical discussion of Lift Faries adn Thrust Demons....(NASA)
"Richard Lamb" wrote ...
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! Richard, As further proof that Chuck's theory doesn't work, I tried an experiment this morning. I took a pillow off my bed. It is mostly feathers, after all. To give it a proper test, I hiked up the Ebey's Landing Bluff Trail to the edge of the cliff. Having great faith in Chuck and fully expecting my pillow to soar up over my head, I give that pillow a good strong toss ... Nope. It went staight down. Splat! Right into the Puget Sound. Thanks to Chuck, I'll be sleeping on a soggy pillow tonight! Rich |
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Very long boring technical discussion of Lift Faries adn ThrustDemons....(NASA)
I give that pillow a good strong toss ...
Nope. It went staight down. Splat! Did you put the feathers on the =outside= of the pillow? They have to be outside, in the airflow, to provide any lift at all. Jose -- Money: what you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Very long boring technical discussion of Lift Faries adn Thrust Demons....(NASA)
"Dan" wrote Would that be akin to a sympathy pluck? After reading this thread, it has gone down to the depths of reediculous. Yoo all are plucking nuts, me thinks! g -- Jim in NC |
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Very long boring technical discussion of Lift Faries adn Thrust Demons....(NASA)
Dan wrote: Canal builder wrote: On 24/2/06 5:58 am, in article , "Montblack" wrote: ("ChuckSlusarczyk" wrote) Therefore I propose that we build a man carrying mechanical Goose to prove this phenomena. So, after the test flight, how do you get down from your mechanical goose? Surely everybody knows you don't get down off a goose, you get down off a duck (eider for preference). Would that be akin to a sympathy pluck? with all these cracks some-one will start leaking :-)) Congratulations ma'am you have met the mechanical goose |
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The Impossibility of Flying Heavy Aircraft Without Training
Four.
Well there you go! |
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Very long boring technical discussion of Lift Faries adn Thrust Demons....(NASA)
("Morgans" wrote)
Not only that, I'll bet he didn't give the pillow any directions, as to which direction to fly. From Roxanne (1987) Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah Chris McConnell: Your breasts, they're like melons. No, no, they're like pillows. Can I fluff your pillows? Chris McConnell: What am I afraid of her for? She's no rocket scientist. C.D. Bales: Well, actually, she is a rocket scientist. Monrblack |
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Very long boring technical discussion of Lift Faries adn Thrust Demons....(NASA)
I give that pillow a good strong toss ...
Nope. It went staight down. Splat! Did you put the feathers on the =outside= of the pillow? They have to be outside, in the airflow, to provide any lift at all. Not only that, I'll bet he didn't give the pillow any directions, as to which direction to fly. The pillow thought it was *supposed* to fly straight down! -- Jim in NC |
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Very long boring technical discussion of Lift Faries adn Thrust Demons....(NASA)
"Jose" wrote in message t... snip Feathers are not magical, they operate by strict scientific principles and an insufficient amount of feathers won't even make a fruit fly. snip Fruit flies have feathers? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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