Did the plane take off?

[SpiderWiz]

I missed the show. But I found this this. In case you want to see it.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The model took off.
The full-scale plane took off.
And some people still say that the plane won't take off.

Was it done outside? Was it windy? Was it a STOL (short take off and landing) aircraft like the Helio Courier? I need to watch the episode.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The model took off.
The full-scale plane took off.
And some people still say that the plane won't take off.

Was it done outside? Was it windy? Was it a STOL (short take off and landing) aircraft like the Helio Courier? I need to watch the episode.

yes, yes, and yes actually... WINNAR!

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: MrLee

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The model took off.
The full-scale plane took off.
And some people still say that the plane won't take off.

Was it done outside? Was it windy? Was it a STOL (short take off and landing) aircraft like the Helio Courier? I need to watch the episode.

yes, yes, and yes actually... WINNAR!

Then they need to try it with something like a 190,000 pound Boeing 727.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The model took off.
The full-scale plane took off.
And some people still say that the plane won't take off.

Was it done outside? Was it windy? Was it a STOL (short take off and landing) aircraft like the Helio Courier? I need to watch the episode.

Search for the thread on that exact episode.

 

[sierrita]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: MrLee

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The model took off.
The full-scale plane took off.
And some people still say that the plane won't take off.

Was it done outside? Was it windy? Was it a STOL (short take off and landing) aircraft like the Helio Courier? I need to watch the episode.

yes, yes, and yes actually... WINNAR!

Then they need to try it with something like a 190,000 pound Boeing 727.

Yes, that would change everything.

 

[mh47g]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: MrLee

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The model took off.
The full-scale plane took off.
And some people still say that the plane won't take off.

Was it done outside? Was it windy? Was it a STOL (short take off and landing) aircraft like the Helio Courier? I need to watch the episode.

yes, yes, and yes actually... WINNAR!

Then they need to try it with something like a 190,000 pound Boeing 727.

Are you really an idiot or do you just play one on the internet?

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: fisher
totally didn't take off. i sawz it.

I agree. It was such a paradox, that the earth actually moved away the plane just to not get involved in the ensuing discussion with folks that would have committed Dawinicide in earlier times (but the nanny-state saves them now.)

 

[Safeway]

It took off, much to the dismay of the pilot and half of ATOT.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
the model and the ultra light took off

all the non-believers self-immolated and are no longer with us

I can only hope that this is true

 

[rh71]

Only because it had forward motion.

 

[manowar821]

NO IT DID NOT, YOU LIARS. This is the most effective and massive internet troll I've EVER come across... And trust me, I know internets.

 

[T9D]

This is not right. If the conveyor belt matched the full sized version perfectly the plane would NOT move forward. You would look at it and it would stay right next to the same cone the whole time if looking from a side angle. The plane was going faster than the conveyor belt so it was able to move forward as if it was doing a normal take off and getting air to move over the wings. The whole entire argument was they would be perfectly matched the entire time. Which they did not. Damn it man I was thinking they would do this accurate and we'd have a real answer.

 

[erikistired]

there was a second runway in the grassy knoll.

 

[EKKC]

how is this not locked?

 

[paulxcook]

I feel like I'm missing something. Did the mythbusters build some sort of massive conveyor belt for airplanes? How would an airplane take off if it couldn't move forward?

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: paulxcook
I feel like I'm missing something. Did the mythbusters build some sort of massive conveyor belt for airplanes? How would an airplane take off if it couldn't move forward?

They used a huge cloth that was dragged by a car going the planes takeoff speed in the opposite direction. Refer to the other (much longer) thread for full explanations.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: SpiderWiz
I missed the show. But I found this this. In case you want to see it.

That video was pretty lame. That truck was going like 20 in the opposite direction.

 

[SnipeMasterJ13]

Did anyone ever actually make the "Idiot List" of everyone that said (and some that still say) the plane will not take off so we can all ridicule them?

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: v1001
This is not right. If the conveyor belt matched the full sized version perfectly the plane would NOT move forward. You would look at it and it would stay right next to the same cone the whole time if looking from a side angle. The plane was going faster than the conveyor belt so it was able to move forward as if it was doing a normal take off and getting air to move over the wings. The whole entire argument was they would be perfectly matched the entire time. Which they did not. Damn it man I was thinking they would do this accurate and we'd have a real answer.

Actually, the conveyor belt was going faster than the plane in the test. By your logic, the plane should have been going backwards. Clearly it did not.

 

[Number1]

Originally posted by: BudAshes

Originally posted by: SpiderWiz
I missed the show. But I found this this. In case you want to see it.

That video was pretty lame. That truck was going like 20 in the opposite direction.

Why is it lame? The plane take off speed is aprox 20 MPH.

You're lame and in denial.
I say again, YOU'RE LAME.
Did I mentionned that you're lame?
LAME.

 

[paulxcook]

Originally posted by: effowe

Originally posted by: paulxcook
I feel like I'm missing something. Did the mythbusters build some sort of massive conveyor belt for airplanes? How would an airplane take off if it couldn't move forward?

They used a huge cloth that was dragged by a car going the planes takeoff speed in the opposite direction. Refer to the other (much longer) thread for full explanations.

I really thought my post would be better flame bait than this. Oh well, thank you effowe for your tactful and polite reply.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: v1001
This is not right. If the conveyor belt matched the full sized version perfectly the plane would NOT move forward. You would look at it and it would stay right next to the same cone the whole time if looking from a side angle. The plane was going faster than the conveyor belt so it was able to move forward as if it was doing a normal take off and getting air to move over the wings. The whole entire argument was they would be perfectly matched the entire time. Which they did not. Damn it man I was thinking they would do this accurate and we'd have a real answer.

serious or trolling? conveyor matches wheel speed, not forward plane speed... the plane can still move forward via thrust and wheels still match conveyor belt speed

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: EKKC
how is this not locked?

Because it is still open for debate!

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: Number1

Originally posted by: BudAshes

Originally posted by: SpiderWiz
I missed the show. But I found this this. In case you want to see it.

That video was pretty lame. That truck was going like 20 in the opposite direction.

Why is it lame? The plane take off speed is aprox 20 MPH.

You're lame and in denial.
I say again, YOU'RE LAME.
Did I mentionned that you're lame?
LAME.

I want to see the plane going like 100 mph backwards before it tries to take off.