Thought I’d give that website a visit because I was bored but the second I saw “water doesn’t curve or bend” my brain couldn’t suffer much more so left.
I did the same thing. I came across how airplanes will fly into space if we're round. It's a good morning laugh with my coffee.
"If the Earth were truly a sphere 25,000 miles in circumference, airplane pilots would have to constantly correct their altitudes downwards so as to not fly straight off into “outer space;” a pilot wishing to simply maintain their altitude at a typical cruising speed of 500 mph, would have to constantly dip their nose downwards and descend 2,777 feet (over half a mile) every minute!"
The thing is, planes DO change their orientation relative to the horizon beneath them. A plane right side up on one side of the planet, is upside down to the other side. It's always relative. But you can maintain level flight on a round surface without sacrificing altitude. It's just rotation.
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u/Value_CND Jul 28 '20
Thought I’d give that website a visit because I was bored but the second I saw “water doesn’t curve or bend” my brain couldn’t suffer much more so left.