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by **Get Real!** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:17 pm

Cap wrote:Attitude also refers to changes in flight angles relative to the horizon.
(learned this on flight simulator)

That can also be said for rugby!

by **Cap** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:20 pm

Get Real! wrote:
Cap wrote:Attitude also refers to changes in flight angles relative to the horizon.
(learned this on flight simulator)

That can also be said for rugby!

Also to football relative to testosterone levels.(or lack thereof)

by **cyprusgrump** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:37 pm

Cap wrote:Attitude also refers to changes in flight angles relative to the horizon.
(learned this on flight simulator)

Correct!

I haven't told her that I also have a pilot's licence.... :lol:

by **Get Real!** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:40 pm

Seriously, the jump began in the stratosphere (20..50km) and he then went through the troposphere (6..20km) so given that he encountered variable air density, temperature, and pressure, his speed would’ve had to be constantly calculated by a computer while taking all these variables and perhaps others into consideration. Complex stuff but we needn’t worry too much about it! :lol:

by **cyprusgrump** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:08 pm

Get Real! wrote:Seriously, the jump began in the stratosphere (20..50km) and he then went through the troposphere (6..20km) so given that he encountered variable air density, temperature, and pressure, his speed would’ve had to be constantly calculated by a computer while taking all these variables and perhaps others into consideration. Complex stuff but we needn’t worry too much about it!

Quite so... I haven't worried about it at all.... :wink:

Only GIG seems confused...

GreekIslandGirl wrote:Still trying to come to terms with him going faster than the speed of sound and his microphone not catching what he was saying because he was travelling beyond Mach I. Amazing!

by **wyoming cowboy** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:17 pm

i have a question for the real physicists.....when driving up a mountain why would an empty plastic water bottle with cap on it crumble?

by **GreekIslandGirl** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:28 pm

cyprusgrump wrote:
Get Real! wrote:Seriously, the jump began in the stratosphere (20..50km) and he then went through the troposphere (6..20km) so given that he encountered variable air density, temperature, and pressure, his speed would’ve had to be constantly calculated by a computer while taking all these variables and perhaps others into consideration. Complex stuff but we needn’t worry too much about it!

Quite so... I haven't worried about it at all....

Only GIG seems confused...

GreekIslandGirl wrote:Still trying to come to terms with him going faster than the speed of sound and his microphone not catching what he was saying because he was travelling beyond Mach I. Amazing!

Oh yeah - from the guy whose explanation why Felix couldn't be heard was because:

there was no atmosphere that could have supported 'sound'.

by **kurupetos** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:38 pm

wyoming cowboy wrote:i have a question for the real physicists.....when driving up a mountain why would an empty plastic water bottle with cap on it crumble?

Because of the density change. :wink:

by **bill cobbett** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:49 pm

kurupetos wrote:
wyoming cowboy wrote:i have a question for the real physicists.....when driving up a mountain why would an empty plastic water bottle with cap on it crumble?

Because of the density change.

Surely it wouldn't crumble... unless someone sat on it.

by **kurupetos** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:57 pm

bill cobbett wrote:
kurupetos wrote:
wyoming cowboy wrote:i have a question for the real physicists.....when driving up a mountain why would an empty plastic water bottle with cap on it crumble?

Because of the density change.

Surely it wouldn't crumble... unless someone sat on it.

Maybe it's a mistake. American English is sometimes tricky. :lol: