Obviously an imaginative artists attempt---successful, mind you---at levity. (I would call it the Baby b29, emphasis on the small b.) But even the harshest critic of the crafts plausibility will be wise to be cautious.
To this day there is no consensus among aeronautical engineers regarding what causes lift. The Wright brothers figured out the cross section shape of a wing made it possible, but apparently didn’t know why. It just worked. And 100 plus years later engineers still can’t agree on the question of “why.”
The luminaries of the day refused to believe maned flight was possible, even Scientific American rejecting reports of eye witness accounts. How’s that for irony, observation being a major pillar of the scientific method?
It only took a couple of humble bicycle mechanics (high school dropouts at that) to let the whole world know the sophisticated experts of the day were full of it.
it wouldn't likely be able to take off or land, BUT, anything with enough power pushing or pulling it through the air, can fly. It has a horizontal plane, it would be stable, as least to fly level and straight, if it were moving fast enough. Even jet planes can fly at the same altitude, on one of their wingtips, with the other straight up, for a little while, without a hell of a lot giving them lift. .. as long as they are moving fast enough
Obviously an imaginative artists attempt---successful, mind you---at levity. (I would call it the Baby b29, emphasis on the small b.) But even the harshest critic of the crafts plausibility will be wise to be cautious.
ReplyDeleteTo this day there is no consensus among aeronautical engineers regarding what causes lift. The Wright brothers figured out the cross section shape of a wing made it possible, but apparently didn’t know why. It just worked. And 100 plus years later engineers still can’t agree on the question of “why.”
The luminaries of the day refused to believe maned flight was possible, even Scientific American rejecting reports of eye witness accounts. How’s that for irony, observation being a major pillar of the scientific method?
It only took a couple of humble bicycle mechanics (high school dropouts at that) to let the whole world know the sophisticated experts of the day were full of it.
https://bigthink.com/pessimists-archive/air-space-flight-impossible/
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2023/06/19/why_the_wright_brothers_breakthrough_flight_was_ignored_for_years_941433.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/
it wouldn't likely be able to take off or land, BUT, anything with enough power pushing or pulling it through the air, can fly. It has a horizontal plane, it would be stable, as least to fly level and straight, if it were moving fast enough. Even jet planes can fly at the same altitude, on one of their wingtips, with the other straight up, for a little while, without a hell of a lot giving them lift. .. as long as they are moving fast enough
DeleteYeah,I would just like to see the landing gear!
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