reply to post by snowcrash911
You can't leave it there. What do you say is the reason she picked it up ?
Originally posted by ANOK
You guys are complete idiots if you think a plane can hit a 'breakaway' light pole and not receive damage, or even be moved off course enough for a novice pilot to not be able to handle it.
Find a pic of an object that hit a breakaway light pole that did not receive damage itself. Remember Newtons 3rd law, it applies here. Breakaway or not, there will be damage.
For example, the caption on this pic says, 'Twised 3 lumbar Vertebraes at 65 MPH hitting a breakaway light pole. I can still hear the glass shattering.' Please notice the car is damaged, and it hit sideways not straight on. Now imagine the force of a plane at 500mph, and don't forget Newtons 3rd law.
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edit on 1/11/2012 by ANOK because: typo

Originally posted by Alfie1
reply to post by snowcrash911
You can't leave it there. What do you say is the reason she picked it up ?



Originally posted by Reheat
Your problem is very typical for someone not very well educated trying to analyze a physics problem.
You have to apply ALL of Newton's Physics Laws, not just concentrating on the ones you think you understand. You have done this repeatedly demonstrating profound ignorance as a consequence.
Of course, there was damage to the leading edges of the wings, but not enough to cause control problems particularly considering that he crashed in seconds after hitting those poles. I'll even go so far as to speculate that the aircraft could have been recovered for landing had it not crashed. He didn't have to worry about that, did he?
It is confounding why you keep embarrassing yourself with these ignorant pronouncements. Are you trying to become the poster boy for why some people are "truthers"? If so, you're succeeding.
If a bird hitting a wing can cause a huge hole then I would sumise that a light pole would do more.
Originally posted by Alfie1
reply to post by ANOK
You quote Newton a lot but there still seem to be fundamental problems with your physics.
You say that " the relative damage to each object is dictated by mass " but common sense must tell you this isn't true. I can shoot an armour piercing bullet through a steel plate 1m by 1m and the damage to the bullet will be just the same if the plate is 10m by 10m or 100m by 100m
Originally posted by Alfie1
reply to post by ANOK
You quote Newton a lot but there still seem to be fundamental problems with your physics.
You say that " the relative damage to each object is dictated by mass " but common sense must tell you this isn't true. I can shoot an armour piercing bullet through a steel plate 1m by 1m and the damage to the bullet will be just the same if the plate is 10m by 10m or 100m by 100m
I'm just saying that was one lucky amateur pilot. He must have had a boatload of luck with him that morning, maybe government issue eh?