Wednesday night

[Edited on January 27, 2008 at 4:20 PM. Reason : wtf is a Treamil????]

1/27/2008 4:12:10 PM

treamil =/= conveyor belt.

1/27/2008 4:13:12 PM

wtf is a Treamil

1/27/2008 4:13:34 PM

i can't wait for this

1/27/2008 4:13:43 PM

lies

1/27/2008 4:15:25 PM

This still won't quell the discussion, since the scenario that is repeatedly proposed by those who say the plane would not move is not really viable within the realm of mythbusters... or physics, for that matter.

1/27/2008 4:17:28 PM

1/27/2008 4:17:56 PM

you spelled tree wrong

1/27/2008 4:19:19 PM

you butchered that

1/27/2008 4:21:49 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=peLD2vlxRM0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Srm-BDfy9G0

[Edited on January 27, 2008 at 4:37 PM. Reason : ]

1/27/2008 4:35:39 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3pLwbMTypqM

1/27/2008 4:38:03 PM

lolol

1/27/2008 4:41:01 PM

Snakes on a Plane on a Treadmill?

1/27/2008 4:51:04 PM

there is no way a plane could fly if it were on a treadmill if it was going the same speed

























right?

1/27/2008 4:53:07 PM

1/27/2008 4:56:00 PM

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"Snakes on a Plane on a Treadmill?"

i made this back in the snakes on a plane thread with all the photoshops...

1/27/2008 5:07:18 PM

the info on the guide says they are using RADIO CONTROLLED planes for the tests.

1/27/2008 5:31:35 PM

what time on wednesday?

1/27/2008 5:35:47 PM

9pm discovery chanl

1/27/2008 5:48:39 PM

cant wait til it doesnt fly so you people will shut up already

1/27/2008 6:01:11 PM

troll

1/27/2008 6:34:55 PM

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"the info on the guide says they are using RADIO CONTROLLED planes for the tests."

That shouldn't matter though. Unless the wheels really needed greasing.

1/27/2008 6:37:53 PM

^^only sometimes ^_^

1/27/2008 6:40:57 PM

^^ the description i read a while back said they got someone to rent or loan an ultralight for a "full-scale" test.

1/27/2008 6:44:04 PM

it won't take off, why would anyone even try this?

1/27/2008 6:45:18 PM

WHAT ABOUT A HELICOPTER ON A GIANT TURNTABLE????

1/27/2008 8:44:08 PM

oh god. wait till the fan submitted "advice" starts rolling in on this one.
gonna shut down the internets

1/27/2008 8:46:05 PM

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"cant wait til it doesnt fly so you people will shut up already"

1/27/2008 8:48:34 PM

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"WHAT ABOUT A HELICOPTER ON A GIANT TURNTABLE????"

would not fly.

1/27/2008 8:49:33 PM

^Die.

1/27/2008 9:10:02 PM

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"WHAT ABOUT A HELICOPTER ON A GIANT TURNTABLE????"

Actually, that would generate some lift, but the body is meant to be stationary, so it would probably spin out of control and fall over. The biggest difference with that scenario is that the helicopter has no wheels.

1/27/2008 9:13:33 PM

Does anybody actually think this can happen? If you do you are a fucking moron and hope to god you did not go to NCSU.

Unless I am missing something about the myth, if air doesn't move over the wings nothing will happen.



[Edited on January 27, 2008 at 9:16 PM. Reason : ss]

1/27/2008 9:15:39 PM

it flies

1/27/2008 9:22:23 PM

Damn right it does. I think everybody else that is a pilot on this forum agrees on that too.

[Edited on January 27, 2008 at 9:23 PM. Reason : ]

1/27/2008 9:23:07 PM

in a slightly different scenario, could they put something on a plane to hold it in place along the x-axis, but let it have freedom of movement on the y-axis, and then get massive fans to propel wind across the wings at a speed that would result in takeoff?

this would be basically testing the opposite of this hypothesis.

1/27/2008 9:24:11 PM

I think I need a complete explanation of the myth

1/27/2008 9:26:42 PM

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"Unless I am missing something about the myth,"

you are.

the treadmill moves in the opposite direction and speed as the plane, but it doesn't really matter since the wheels are free to spin as they please. it is the jet engines that push the plane forward, not the turning of the wheels.

1/27/2008 9:32:48 PM

what if you take the jet engines out of the entire scenario?

1/27/2008 9:33:59 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli's_principle

1/27/2008 9:37:34 PM

Lemme try to understand this, are the wings of the plane moving forward relative to the ground?

1/27/2008 9:38:45 PM

1/27/2008 9:39:36 PM

10 pages by Wednesday night?

I tried to explain this to my wife and that fucking simpleton thinks it does not move. She will be feeling quite stupid come Wed. night.

1/27/2008 9:42:11 PM

For the love of god.

Yes, the wings are moving relative to the ground.

The treadmill is just making the wheels spin faster, they have absolutely no bearing on the plane moving foward.

1/27/2008 9:42:28 PM

when it was explained to me the person said that the tread mill went really fast which would somehow make the plane fly. nothing about the engines being used

so now I get it.

[Edited on January 27, 2008 at 9:49 PM. Reason : dfg]

1/27/2008 9:49:39 PM

1/27/2008 9:53:27 PM

shadowrunner took the pictures right out of my mouth.

1/27/2008 9:54:57 PM

^^ motherfucking win right there

1/27/2008 9:57:46 PM

Quote :

"in a slightly different scenario, could they put something on a plane to hold it in place along the x-axis, but let it have freedom of movement on the y-axis, and then get massive fans to propel wind across the wings at a speed that would result in takeoff? this would be basically testing the opposite of this hypothesis."

Oh, and im not sure if you are kidding or not, but they call this a wind tunnel......

1/27/2008 10:10:46 PM

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"Does anybody actually think this can happen? If you do you are a fucking moron and hope to god you did not go to NCSU."

there have been many huge discussions on this exact topic on TWW, and yes, there are tons of people, including engineers, who think this can happen. Those people, like you said, are idiots.

1/27/2008 10:27:19 PM

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1/27/2008 10:28:11 PM