true awhile, but both models, 'distance' and ' flow contraction' are oversimplifications, one being the effect of the other. but yes, the distance model fails when the 'flow on the surface is considered. I'm not sure if it is helpful in trying to understand flight as a single effect. Any system which generates an overall downforce on the air results in flight (sort of). Different modes of flight capitalise on effects of different con current flow regimes. Probably
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Flying/aerodynamics question. How does this work?
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It's the method of propulsion that is magic
Well, I can't see a prop anywhere in that first picture, so that rules out a piston engine or a turbo-prop.
Which means the only remaining option is, by a process of elimination...
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a Turban Fan!
Please yerselves..........
Livin' in the Jag, tablets for me nerves etc etc.............
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Ah, Bobby Chariot!
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or a turbo jet...
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would the carpet fly if it was on a conveyor belt?
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GeeBee racers in the States were another example of the minimum amount of wing surface attached to the biggest damned rotary engine available.
Radial. Rotary engines (where the crankshaft is bolted to the airframe & the propeller to the crankcase - the whole engine block spins) went out of use shortly after WW1, and were deeply inefficient.
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God you lot are stupid.
Look at how that bloke is looking at the woman on the carpet. He wants her like nothing else on earth. The science of lust is keeping that thing afloat.Posted 1 year ago # -
The F104 Starfighter being a classic example; a fracking great engine with tiddly little wings stuck on each side. 'Course, as the Luftwaffe found, fail to maintain the engine properly and it'll drop out of the sky like a brick
The aerodynamics don't tell the full story, the Spanish and Italian air forces lost very few of their F-104s. Superior training and tactics played a big part here.
Besides, the English Electric Lightning offered comparable performance with far better stability and manoeuvrability.
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If you can get hold of it, Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters is a great take on the whole Starfighter story.
Various bits on youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd0CbIwRd1Q
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1gUnXFb9yMHave it on vinyl LP (ask your dad) if anyone wants a shonky copy.
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Flying carpets can fly because they achieve lift by flying forwards very fast. They manage this by having a huge potential magic difference between the surface of the carpet and the lining underneath which is made from a different material with a massively higher magical conductivity.
This is also why Speedy Gonzalez can run so fast after shouting "underlay, underlay!"
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If you can get hold of it, Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters is a great take on the whole Starfighter story.
One of my favorite concept albums!
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ononeorange - Member
I wondered if it was soemthing to do with the thickness of the magic carpet - in your picture it looks much, much thicker than your average Allied Carpets rug effort. Perhaps that is the secret?Cougar - Member
They manage this by having a huge potential magic difference between the surface of the carpet and the lining underneath which is made from a different material with a massively higher magical conductivity.
So it's all in the lining and I've been looking in the wrong place all along? Does a thicker lining always help or do we hit a point of diminishing returns where the extra weight more than cancells out the extra lift?
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Just worked it out. Static electricity. The bloke and the bird have been at it like the battery bunny, creating a huge static charge through friction on the carpet that's caused the carpet to react negatively to the earth's natural electromagnetic fields, thus creating lift. Like a maglev monorail. Simple.
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