To: GBA
The plane whipped to the left and then entered a steep right turn, losing 800 feet of altitude in less than five seconds. A grand piano, if dropped from sufficient altitude, would fall only 400 feet in (a full) five seconds.
ML/NJ
7 posted on
02/19/2009 5:41:09 AM PST by
ml/nj
To: ml/nj
But a piano doesn't have motors..
8 posted on
02/19/2009 5:43:21 AM PST by
starlifter
(Sapor Amo Pullus)
To: ml/nj
Most grand pianos don’t have jet engines strapped to them
11 posted on
02/19/2009 5:49:39 AM PST by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: ml/nj
Thank you for that. I just read the 800ft in the story and did my rudimentary physics (1/2 G*T^2) and got 402.5 feet @ 5 seconds.
The aircraft was flown down at 2Gs for those 800 feet.
19 posted on
02/19/2009 6:13:26 AM PST by
pfflier
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