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ok bud you get used to it here
Originally posted by PhotonEffect
reply to post by geobro
My sincere apologies. I wasn't aware of that.
Cheers
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by pinkbirdatabase
You know, you're right. Pilots (including one who made a pass that ended at 30 feet, at 400 knots that you conveniently ignored), aerospace engineers, people with real world experience are all wrong. You're right, they can't fly at half their wingspan because of ground effect. You need to go teach them that they're wrong, and completely rewrite the rules of aviation, and aerospace science.
Originally posted by pinkbirdatabase
In your videos i havent seen a SINGLE horizontal fly by at 400+ knots below half wingspan altitude. The pilots who had tried doing that are probably all dead by now.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
Let me guess, you're hypersensitive eyes can tell he's not doing 400 knots, right?
Oh wait, there's a different rule for military aircraft and ground effect right?edit on 8/4/2013 by Zaphod58 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Another_Nut
reply to post by Zaphod58
Ok how do YOU know his speed? Vid desc only says the plane can do 440 knots at 23k ft.
This a huge differncein what you are showing vs trying to get us to believe.
Eta in that video that plane is still flying at above half singular even if its fuselage is only one meter above ground level
edit on 4-8-2013 by Another_Nut because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by Another_Nut
So it can't go 400+ knots at lower altitude? It doesn't matter if he's 400 knots though, I just have to show that high speed flight is possible at half wingspan, which it is.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by pinkbirdatabase
And as it has been explained to you, repeatedly, you can fly in ground effect, including at half your wingspan. You can even fly nose level in it. All you have to do is trim the aircraft nose down. It's entirely possible to do, and can be done. It can be done in commercial aircraft, it can be done in military aircraft.
There won't be any long videos of low passes, because they're just that, passes. The simple fact is that even a short low pass proves it's possible, no matter how you twist it. Flight 77 wasn't flying at that altitude for long, so it did have to be able to fly at low altitude and high speed for long.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by Another_Nut
Because it's not possible right? Because all the experts that say it's possible are wrong right? You guys really need to teach them that they're wrong and show them how wrong they are.