[Chicken_Little]

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[MD]

Ignore the damn conveyor and wheels.

An aircraft thrusts against the air, not the ground. They conveyor can do whatever you want until you blow up the gear from overspeed, which is a completely different issue.

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'I')gnore the damn conveyor and wheels.

An aircraft thrusts against the air, not the ground. They conveyor can do whatever you want until you blow up the gear from overspeed, which is a completely different issue.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', 'b')ut the plane doesn't move relative to the ground. it remains in exactly the same place. the conveyor belt moves but the plane doesn't.

say we plant a flag in the ground next to the starting position of the plane. the plane never passes the flag.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'I')gnore the damn conveyor and wheels.

An aircraft thrusts against the air, not the ground. They conveyor can do whatever you want until you blow up the gear from overspeed, which is a completely different issue.

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', 'b')ut the plane doesn't move relative to the ground. it remains in exactly the same place. the conveyor belt moves but the plane doesn't.

say we plant a flag in the ground next to the starting position of the plane. the plane never passes the flag.

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'I')gnore the damn conveyor and wheels.

An aircraft thrusts against the air, not the ground. They conveyor can do whatever you want until you blow up the gear from overspeed, which is a completely different issue.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'I')gnore the damn conveyor and wheels.

An aircraft thrusts against the air, not the ground. They conveyor can do whatever you want until you blow up the gear from overspeed, which is a completely different issue.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', 'b')ut the plane doesn't move relative to the ground. it remains in exactly the same place. the conveyor belt moves but the plane doesn't.

say we plant a flag in the ground next to the starting position of the plane. the plane never passes the flag.

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', 'b')ut the plane doesn't move relative to the ground. it remains in exactly the same place. the conveyor belt moves but the plane doesn't.

say we plant a flag in the ground next to the starting position of the plane. the plane never passes the flag.

[davep]

OK, let's end this. It's a VTOL Harrier

<b> pwned! </b>

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'I')gnore the damn conveyor and wheels.

An aircraft thrusts against the air, not the ground. They conveyor can do whatever you want until you blow up the gear from overspeed, which is a completely different issue.

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'O')K, let's end this. It's a VTOL Harrier

<b> pwned! </b>

[PenultimateManStanding]

I've got one that always puzzled me: how come if a twin goes up in space and flies at great speed relative to the earth and comes back a long time later, his twin on earth has aged more than him? isn't speed relative? if there is no absolute speed (except c which is the same in all reference frames) then wouldn't the twin on earth be speeding fast relative to the twin in the spaceship? I get the idea of time in a gravity well, but the relative speed thing always stumped me.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'O')K, let's end this. It's a VTOL Harrier

<b> pwned! </b>

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I')'ve got one that always puzzled me: how come if a twin goes up in space and flies at great speed relative to the earth and comes back a long time later, his twin on earth has aged more than him? isn't speed relative? if there is no absolute speed, then wouldn't the twin on earth be speeding fast relative to the twin in the spaceship? I get the idea of time in a gravity well, but the relative speed thing always stumped me.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'U')nless there was something to actually brake it, the wheels would skid and the plane would advance anyway.

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'U')nless there was something to actually brake it, the wheels would skid and the plane would advance anyway.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'U')nless there was something to actually brake it, the wheels would skid and the plane would advance anyway.

[cynicalheretic]

This conversation is over, can I get a real question now... or can't you all come up with anything challanging?