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Happy Monkey 01-31-2008 01:23 PM
Heh, I was origianally going to put in a caveat about the treadmill material. Doing it the way they were (dragging cloth across concrete), a longer (heavier) strip, being pulled faster might require a stronger material.

But that seemed like overkill.

lumberjim 01-31-2008 02:12 PM
i thought they would have done this with a remote control plane and a fabricated actual treadmill.

I don't think they appreciate the obstinance that the 'no take off faction' is capable of.

lumberjim 01-31-2008 02:13 PM
kitsune, you should start a poll in this thread. Make it public so that we can discriminate against those 'no fly' fuckers. k? thx...bai...

Clodfobble 01-31-2008 03:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjim
i thought they would have done this with a remote control plane and a fabricated actual treadmill.
They did, earlier in the episode.

classicman 01-31-2008 03:35 PM
:::swallows another bitter pill:::
grumble - grumble - grumble

lumberjim 01-31-2008 04:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 428894)
They did, earlier in the episode.
AH..i got home too late to catch it...and couldnt stay up late enough for the re run at 1 am.

Flint 04-07-2008 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Elspode (Post 444209)
Anybody see Mythbusters where they did the airplane on a treadmill thing with a model plane? It did *not* take off.

Clodfobble 04-07-2008 05:02 PM
You see what you've done, Els? One harmless little white lie to stir some shit, and all of a sudden this thread is at the top again. I hope you're happy.

monster 04-07-2008 10:44 PM
This is what all y'all should be worying about now....

Elspode 04-07-2008 11:36 PM
No, no...its true. Its on their website.

lumberjim 04-07-2008 11:48 PM
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Procedure/Experimental Design: Using Grant's model airplane & Jaime's treadmill, they do a small scale test to see if the concept is feasible. Setting the treadmill to 11.3 mph (the take off speed of the model plane), the model plane went forward, but could not take off due to the short length of the treadmill. Next, using butchered paper dragged behind Adam's scooter, they put the plane on the paper to see if it can take off. The airplane does take off before the paper runs out. As Adam & Jaime explain, unlike a car, where forward motion is derived from spinning wheels, forward motion on an airplane is derived independent of the wheels through the propeller. Thus, forward motion can be achieved on a conveyor belt.

Elspode 04-07-2008 11:54 PM
Damn it. I just watched the video. You didn't expect me to *read*, did you?

Shawnee123 04-08-2008 08:10 AM
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using butchered paper dragged behind Adam's scooter
Why they gotta beat up a perfectly nice piece of paper? Methinks they mean butcher paper?

Is this like "battered fish"?

classicman 04-08-2008 08:10 AM
I still agree with you Els - even though the damn thing took off - It still shouldn't have.

Richie_uk 04-08-2008 09:56 AM
NO

It wont take off, the planes wings need air rushing through them to genarate lift. unless it can flap http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/gif/wing.gif :P


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