Plane on Conveyor Belt...Revisited!

[TODD 2000 V6 CAMARO]

I second that.

[MarkFL]

free body diagrams...the friend of the freshman physics student:



a body not in equilibrium will what? yes, that's right...it will accelerate in accordance with Newton's second law of motion.

[ryan34]

I emailed the mythbusters way back when this topic was first discussed. I even gave the link to the actual thread. I wonder if that has anything to do with them testing this.

[Steel2686]

I emailed the mythbusters way back when this topic was first discussed. I even gave the link to the actual thread. I wonder if that has anything to do with them testing this.

That would be pretty sweet.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

I told my daughter to bring this up in her physical science class at school. I said if you do you won't do anything else for the rest of the class.

[Rhode Island Red]

I told my daughter to bring this up in her physical science class at school. I said if you do you won't do anything else for the rest of the class.

Your evil

Gauss... gotta agree, love Free Body Diagrams to explain forces . I really think the crux of the problem demonstrates that something simple to grasp for one is not easily understood by others, thus causing an intractable situation where explanation and demonstration aren't enough for them to conceptualize...

[MarkFL]

...Gauss... gotta agree, love Free Body Diagrams to explain forces . I really think the crux of the problem demonstrates that something simple to grasp for one is not easily understood by others, thus causing an intractable situation where explanation and demonstration aren't enough for them to conceptualize...

agree 100%.

also we are so used to vehicles driven by their wheels it's hard for many to see the difference between those which are not.

[ConElite]

the brick will fall.

there you go.


very easy

[bru333]

bump

This episode of Mythbusters will be on shortly!

[Jeff_in_Atl]

bump

This episode of Mythbusters will be on shortly!

When ?

[bru333]

Forget it.

It just aired and they didn't do the conveyor myth!

The episode guide on Discovery still lists it as being on this episode.


lots of po'd folks on the MB fan forum...

Repeat will be on at 1:00am eastern, if you want to be disappointed too.

[Joe 1320]

agree 100%.

also we are so used to vehicles driven by their wheels it's hard for many to see the difference between those which are not.

Yup.

folks need to understand transfer of energy and work performed. It's hard for them to realize that the coveyor belt's abitity to perform work on a non stationary and uncoupled object. (meaning the wheels move and the airplane performs work via pushing against air and not the ground)

but anyway..... it's fun to watch the drama.

[ryan34]

Totally off topic guys but did you see the one where the tested the myth that elephants were afraid of mice? They tested and it came out Plausible!!! Every time the put a mouse in front of the elephant, it turned and went in the other direction.

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

I'll have to agree with the laws of physics.

Next up: If a show was taped and not aired, was it ever really taped at all?

First, for those concerned that this story has been cancelled, don't worry, planes on a conveyer belt has been filmed, is spectacular, and will be part of what us Mythbusters refer to as 'episode 97'. Currently that is due to air on January 30th.

Secondly, for those very aggrieved fans feeling "duped" into watching tonight's show, I can only apologise. I'm not sure why the listings / internet advertised that tonight's show contained POCB. I will endeavour to find out an answer but for those conspiracy theorists amongst you, I can assure you that it will have just been an honest mistake.

[TODD 2000 V6 CAMARO]

I have a theory. Even when the Myth boys show that it is actually possible for a plane to take off from a conveyor belt, there will still be some die hards that still say that it is impossible. Mark my words. LOL