nocones wrote:
RossD wrote:
Think of an airplane.
What if I put that airplane on a Large treadmill that matched it's forward speed? Would it ever take off?
Read this: http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=2417&hl=
Then get back to us!
Bruce
P.S. I appear on page 270!
novaderrik wrote:
BobOfTheFuture wrote:
Many of as already do have alternators in our wheel hubs.
Just so happens that they like to call them 'ABS sensors'
that explains why new cars don't get much better mileage than they did 25 years ago- the extra drag is making the engine work harder..
Nah, not that much load on them. Only a signal voltage...
egnorant wrote:
nocones wrote:
RossD wrote:
Think of an airplane.
What if I put that airplane on a Large treadmill that matched it's forward speed? Would it ever take off?
Read this: http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=2417&hl=
Then get back to us!
Bruce
P.S. I appear on page 270!
Nothing separates the people with reading comprehension from those without it like the airplane+treadmill problem. Man people get worked up about that, even me. It's hilarious.
I tried the airplane/treadmill thing next Wednesday and went back in time.
tuna55
PowerDork
5/29/13 9:03 a.m.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
I tried the airplane/treadmill thing next Wednesday and went back in time.
I thought that was instant coffee in a microwave?
RossD
PowerDork
5/29/13 10:07 a.m.
tuna55 wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
I tried the airplane/treadmill thing next Wednesday and went back in time.
I thought that was instant coffee in a microwave?
Nope, it was non-dairy creamer and microwaves.
Christopher Walken and The Brain argue it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuZ7NoIz0Zc
tuna55
PowerDork
5/29/13 10:47 a.m.
RossD wrote:
tuna55 wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
I tried the airplane/treadmill thing next Wednesday and went back in time.
I thought that was instant coffee in a microwave?
Nope, it was non-dairy creamer and microwaves.
Christopher Walken and The Brain argue it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuZ7NoIz0Zc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giq52BbLxRQ