Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: WayneS
Most grand pianos don’t have jet engines strapped to them

Your inane comments annoy me. Grand Pianos don't generate lift either.

Are you a pilot? Have you ever flown an airplane? The plane supposedly pancaked into the ground. Hmmm. Let's see. What direction would the engine thrust be if the plane pancaked. Did you study physics? I mean real physics, not the stuff they teach in high school?

ML/NJ

28 posted on 02/19/2009 6:40:48 AM PST by ml/nj
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]


To: ml/nj
Did you study physics?

Yeah, and your estimate of terminal velocity is wrong. As is your idea that a plane 'pancaking' will generate any lift.
36 posted on 02/19/2009 7:06:05 AM PST by TalonDJ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies ]

To: ml/nj

Yes I have flown airplanes.

And who, exactly, said the the plane “pancaked” into the ground (i.e. fell straight down, flat on its belly).

If the engines/propellors are generating thrust, and the plane’s attitude ends up nose down, which quite often happens after a stall, then the plane will accelerate towards the ground at a rate greater than that caused by the force of gravity alone.

PS - Thank you for letting me know that my inane comments annoy you, your highness, that means they have achieved their desired result. ;^)


38 posted on 02/19/2009 7:17:48 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson