A few years ago I saw a small single-prop plane flying absurdly slowly. Everything appeared to be fine, but I’m pretty sure my car goes faster than that. Headwinds had not occurred to me. That’s pretty interesting.
A good pilot can easily get under a headwind like that. A shallow dive is usually all it takes to change the angle a bit, and then as your altitude gets too low, gently climb and dive again. It’s a bit like tacking into the wind in a sailing ship.
Hmm, opposing forces. Something has to give. Plane’s fuel tank or Mother Nature, which has the longer lasting energy source?
Seriously though, the law of opposites which always incentivises some sort of balance. I can’t stop seeing it. A scaling contrast of all things. Sweet and sour in food. Opposing colours in a colour chart like purple and brown look great. Exercise and rest. I don’t know the maths but I think I’m right in saying that the thrust and mass from a rocket would equate to the equal and opposite pull from the earths gravity, if it was to hover. And in metaphysics, every feeling has it’s opposite. Is anyone else intrigued by this law?
You and me we’re goin’ nowhere slowly
And we’ve gotta get away from the past
There’s nothin’ wrong with goin’ nowhere, baby
But we should be goin’ nowhere fast
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You’re going nowhere fast
That looks pretty wild 😀 sometimes you see seagulls do the same thing, they just hang mid-air as if they where tied to a string. very funny to see!
I hate when you have to get out and push.
Gonna run out of gas?
Bros plane turned into a helicopter and forgot how to plane
Vectors canceling out.
People on the ground are gonna film this and post it in r/GlitchInTheMatrix
A few years ago I saw a small single-prop plane flying absurdly slowly. Everything appeared to be fine, but I’m pretty sure my car goes faster than that. Headwinds had not occurred to me. That’s pretty interesting.
A good pilot can easily get under a headwind like that. A shallow dive is usually all it takes to change the angle a bit, and then as your altitude gets too low, gently climb and dive again. It’s a bit like tacking into the wind in a sailing ship.
Sir you can’t park here!
Great for building time.
Much like a bird hovering in a strong frontal wind.
If headwinds are faster do you fly backwards or just start to drop?
Laaaag
Been there done that!
I learned that as a student pilot back in 1968.
I’ve seen this phenomenon with birds and planes so many times, and every single time most people come to the consensus that it’s a UFO.
Neat to see the science front and center for once.
Me trying to get ahead of my workload at work
This is why I drive. You get there quicker
I’ve never seen such a perfect metaphor for my life, in my life.
How’s your fuel supply? Good?
The stall speed in gliders is <40mph, so I’ve gone backwards pretty quickly on some days. It’s quite the funny feeling
Hmm, opposing forces. Something has to give. Plane’s fuel tank or Mother Nature, which has the longer lasting energy source?
Seriously though, the law of opposites which always incentivises some sort of balance. I can’t stop seeing it. A scaling contrast of all things. Sweet and sour in food. Opposing colours in a colour chart like purple and brown look great. Exercise and rest. I don’t know the maths but I think I’m right in saying that the thrust and mass from a rocket would equate to the equal and opposite pull from the earths gravity, if it was to hover. And in metaphysics, every feeling has it’s opposite. Is anyone else intrigued by this law?
With enough headwind you can even fly backwards!
now ive got that scene from Finding Nemo: “What now?”
i watched a bird do this by the ocean this weekend ^_^
That’s just life buffering, you need a better connection
If roadrunner told me anything, looking down was a mistage. Big one
Learned to fly soon as I was tall enough to see over the cowling of our J3 Cub… flew backwards many times.
Some people say he’s still masturbating to this day
Imagine if that lady who was confused by the “optical illusion” of the Tokyo Skytree was on this flight.
Need to see the landing
This guy floats
You and me we’re goin’ nowhere slowly
And we’ve gotta get away from the past
There’s nothin’ wrong with goin’ nowhere, baby
But we should be goin’ nowhere fast