07-11-2007, 01:12 PM
07-11-2007, 01:56 PM
Well, I was gonna try that...guess I wont now :lol: :lol: :ph34r:
07-11-2007, 08:10 PM
seen it before pretty cool
07-11-2007, 08:56 PM
So....... I guess I better lower the Focus, you never know when a 747 is gonna go by........ :blink:
07-11-2007, 10:11 PM
Looks like the guys on Mythbusters screwed the pooch when they did their experiment (and pretty sure called it busted).
07-11-2007, 10:21 PM
It's common sense, really, when you consider that the plane can be fully loaded, rip down a runway and take off.
The fact that they cruise at 550+ MPH is also a bit of a tip-off ;)
The fact that they cruise at 550+ MPH is also a bit of a tip-off ;)
07-11-2007, 10:23 PM
they should have used a F18 hornet and roasted ford marsmallows
07-11-2007, 10:37 PM
Funny funny stuff.
07-11-2007, 11:04 PM
Believe it or not, planes leave a "wake" of turbulent air that lasts up to two minutes after the plane goes by. When I have to land at Hamilton International I have to be mindful of the Westjets and such; what their lift-off/touch down point is (that's the spot where the wake is most concentrated) so that I don't run into it with my smaller plane. It's invisible, and it'll flip your plane no problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence
07-12-2007, 12:19 AM
I think what was more shocking to me was watching the Citroen 2CV just get absolutley pummled by the engines wake(Even moreso than the Ford Mondeo)
I mean I know the effects of aerodynamics but whoa... :ph34r:
NefCanuck
I mean I know the effects of aerodynamics but whoa... :ph34r:
NefCanuck
07-12-2007, 12:23 AM
torradan,Jul 11 2007, 07:11 AM Wrote:Looks like the guys on Mythbusters screwed the pooch when they did their experiment (and pretty sure called it busted).
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They did a Mythbusters segment on this? :blink: The only one I can recall involving a jet plane was the time they were trying to duplicate the effect of blowing out a cabin window at altitude to see what actually happened (IE: whether the roof peeled back or the window when blown out sucked everything out) that one was busted...
NefCanuck
07-12-2007, 12:27 AM
torradan,Jul 11 2007, 12:11 PM Wrote:Looks like the guys on Mythbusters screwed the pooch when they did their experiment (and pretty sure called it busted).
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when did mythbuster try that? idiots :)
this is an actual safety video that was done back in 1993.
http://www.judetuben.se/watch?v=TyMGLjo6Oj...related&search=
its actually done with a truck.