Yeah who the hell is buying creeper glasses for kids to wear at schools. This is messed up.
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Then the spin should have reduced gravitational effect, created a “lean” toward the equator of the spin, created a bulge at the equator where the water would be slung outward due to the spin…
There’s all kinds of problems with this planet assuming a slingshot effect to help reach escape velocity based on the fuel requirement differential in this hypothetical.
Damn. Truth.
Cool. If they allow views while using ad-blockers I’m in.
We can make all the rules we want, but the rules don’t matter.
Lack of spines in people we expected to enforce our rights got us here. It’s no good making more rules when the ones we have are ignored.
I tried watching a how-to video on YT today.
It say “playback not supported on this device”.
Probably thanks to my ad-blocking efforts.
Fuck youtube. Can’t get views if the video never plays.
The internet isn’t the internet anymore. It’s walled off, corporatized, and exclusionary.
The internet used to be for people.
Now it’s for profit.
“Show me how the conclusion I’m starting with is correct.”
But the grid can’t handle EV or the “pollution” they create.
It’s right there, friend.
25,000lb. Reading the article it says “more than 25,000 lb”.
We should assume they used a highly efficient airfoil that can maintain the most efficient possible cruise for the demonstration aircraft probably at L/D max if they’e looking for time aloft, so I doubt it’s even worth considering top speed or ceiling. It would be interesting to know what NACA profile they used and what the top speed characteristics would be.
Edit: looks like a Vne of 140 Kias. This is not a fast aircraft. Also a minimal useful load. If you make a couple clicks through to the site of the test it’ll give you more info.
I did my best to find any technical data about the flight. Couldn’t find any actual numbers. FWIW it’s not intended to be a standalone method of powering the aircraft for commercial use; they plan on making it a hybrid, which makes far more sense as far as range and payload are concerned. Best guess a 25000 lb aircraft like this will probably cruise around 120-150Kt at a nice, slow, efficient airspeed for a test like this. So maybe a 40-50 mile flight because “air time” probably started as soon as they lifted off.
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Fuck these clowns. Their “compromise” is finding some way to quiet the bad press while continuing to do what they’ve been doing.