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To: fso301

So there’s a huge solid wall out in the ocean for a plane to obliterate on? Who knew?


13 posted on 03/18/2014 12:49:34 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o
So there’s a huge solid wall out in the ocean for a plane to obliterate on?

At 500 knots the surface of the ocean will play the part of the wall quite nicely.

21 posted on 03/18/2014 1:00:56 PM PDT by BoringGuy
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To: don-o

It might as well be a solid wall.

A few feet of water will stop a .50 caliber bullet at 3,000 fps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvSTuLIjRm8


36 posted on 03/18/2014 1:18:19 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: don-o

You’ve never belly flopped in a pool, I see.


43 posted on 03/18/2014 1:22:51 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: don-o; servo1969
So there’s a huge solid wall out in the ocean for a plane to obliterate on? Who knew?

At ~650mph, water starts looking pretty solid.

57 posted on 03/18/2014 1:31:42 PM PDT by fso301
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To: don-o

At high speed, water = concrete.


117 posted on 03/18/2014 2:43:41 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: don-o

Water is a relatively incompressible fluid, speaking as someone with not a little fluid mechanics training. An object hitting an incompressible fluid at serious speed might as well be hitting a solid wall.


172 posted on 03/18/2014 7:30:53 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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