MythBusters

[SVT Cobra]

WOW Thanks for this!!!

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
when does it come on, looks like they are showing 3 different episodes tonight

9pm EST/8pmCST

 

[meltdown75]

oh thanks for the reminder!

 

[Ns1]

w/o reading the thread, how's the plane gonna take off without any drag?

there's thrust but no drag?

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Ns1
w/o reading the thread, how's the plane gonna take off without any drag?

there's thrust but no drag?

......do you know how planes work? :laugh:

 

[CorCentral]

 

[Ns1]

yargh, how's the plane gonna take off w/o drag??!?! isn't that a requirement!?

 

[FoBoT]

i think it is fixin' to start

 

[ussfletcher]

Its pretty obvious it can't take off..

 

[The Boston Dangler]

IT'S OOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!

 

[Ns1]

doesn't this

http://inventors.about.com/lib...blairplanedynamics.htm

bust the myth already!?

 

[potato28]

Not this again...

 

[TraumaRN]

it's STARTING!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Ns1
w/o reading the thread, how's the plane gonna take off without any drag?

there's thrust but no drag?

......do you know how planes work? :laugh:

All the guys dress like women. Somehow, this makes the plane take off.



I'm worried to see how bad they might screw up.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG ITS ON OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

 

[Jawo]

watching it....

 

[FoBoT]

not drag, you mean lift

it'll have lift as it accelerates normally
the engine pushes on the air, not on the ground

 

[SoulAssassin]

don't we already have a thread?

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Ns1
w/o reading the thread, how's the plane gonna take off without any drag?

there's thrust but no drag?

......do you know how planes work? :laugh:

All the guys dress like women. Somehow, this makes the plane take off.



I'm worried to see how bad they might screw up.

ditto on that.

 

[Jeff7]

Dammit, it's already screwed up. They're doing plane on a conveyor belt. But what about plane on a treadmill, dammit??!?!! Now we'll never know!!!!!!!



They defined the problem with the conveyor belt's speed being equal to the plane's takeoff speed.



Tee hee, tee hee, Kari said "Cock."
(roaches)

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Dammit, it's already screwed up. They're doing plane on a conveyor belt. But what about plane on a treadmill, dammit??!?!! Now we'll never know!!!!!!!

*smack*

 

[Farang]

The conveyor belt is too short in the pics they show.. the airplane will just fall off of it.

 

[FoBoT]

what happened to kari's head? :gag;

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
not drag, you mean lift

it'll have lift as it accelerates normally
the engine pushes on the air, not on the ground

doesn't that depend what kinda plane they're using? I guess I'll find out in a few hours.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Farang
The conveyor belt is too short in the pics they show.. the airplane will just fall off of it.

those models have a pretty short take off length, it might be ok