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To: Libloather

I wonder how the physics would work with a flag that big.

Would the flag be too heavy to fly? If it did fly, would it tear easily?


7 posted on 07/02/2023 4:33:23 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Force over area applies big or small.
Bigger flag weighs more but makes up for it in area.


9 posted on 07/02/2023 4:41:25 AM PDT by reviled downesdad (Some of the lost will never believe the Truth and hate you for it.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

I was thinking the same.

Imagine a tangle that turned it into a wind sock with resistance to the wind.

If it acts as a sail it could topple a big building.

They are talking about this flagpole on Fox Weekend as I type this.


12 posted on 07/02/2023 4:56:33 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: UnwashedPeasant

You’re a deep thinker, someone that thinks beyond what’s placed in front of him.

You have a good point - the physics. We have 60 MPH winds up here that crop up in just a few hours. Imagine those operating that flag pole not paying hourly attention to weather reports and get caught in a huge wind storm. A flag the size of a foot ball field fluttering in a wind storm would certainly put the whole structure to Mother Nature’s test.


25 posted on 07/02/2023 5:59:54 AM PDT by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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