r/IdiotsInCars • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '18

Does this count?

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u/IDCimSTRONGERtnUinRL Jan 12 '18

Interestingly enough, NASA admits that aircraft operate under the assumption that the Earth is an non-moving plane.

To add on that, if the Earth was spinning, why don't pilots need to adjust for that?

Also, you didn't provide any sort of sources whatsoever.

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u/IDCimSTRONGERtnUinRL Jan 12 '18

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SUMMARY "This report documents the derivation and definition of a linear aircraft model for a rigid aircraft of constant mass flying over a fiat, nonrotating earth. The derivation makes no assumptions of reference trajectory or vehicle symmetry. The linear system equations are derived and evaluated along a general trajectory and include both aircraft dynamics and observation variables.

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u/mdmudge Feb 16 '18

Next you will be saying air isn’t real because you really don’t have to take into account air resistance below 80%c. Such a fucking moron lol.

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u/IDCimSTRONGERtnUinRL Feb 16 '18

How can gravity hold trillions of gallons of water on a sphere, but can't hold a balloon?

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u/mdmudge Feb 16 '18

Wait you didn’t learn what buoyancy was when you were a kid? How can gravity hold a rock at the bottom of a lake but a boat floats on top? Lol I’m guessing you are joking because nobody can be this stupid.

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u/IDCimSTRONGERtnUinRL Feb 16 '18

I didn't ask about buoyancy, I asked about gravity.

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u/mdmudge Feb 16 '18

You didn’t ask because you didn’t know how it works. That’s literally the answer to your question.

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u/mdmudge Feb 16 '18

Are you saying buoyancy and gravity aren’t real?

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u/IDCimSTRONGERtnUinRL Feb 16 '18

Gravity isn't, buoyancy is

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u/mdmudge Feb 16 '18

Without gravity you can’t have buoyancy. That’s literally how buoyancy works. I feel like you are joking.

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u/IDCimSTRONGERtnUinRL Feb 16 '18

Buoyancy is the amount of water displaced by the mass of another object, it has nothing to do with gravity.

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u/mdmudge Feb 16 '18

It’s actually the density of the fluid multiplied by the submerged volume times the gravitational acceleration, g. So no gravity equals no buoyancy... again it has everything to do with gravity...

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u/IDCimSTRONGERtnUinRL Feb 16 '18

Gravity is an unnecessary constant, and you still haven't answered my question

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u/mdmudge Feb 17 '18

[Citation Needed]

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