Mythbusters plan to uncover plane on conveyor belt

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THE PLANE IS MUTE!!!!
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boooo mythbusters
CDUB98
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THEY DIDN'T FECKING DO THE MYTH!!



STUPID CALIFORNIA ARSEHOLES!!!!!!!
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i know

i watched the whole stupid show, which was the worst show ever in the hystory of mythbusters


on those 3 younger idiots that they have now need to go. they are absolutely horrible.

thanks for nothing.
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I agree that was the worst show in their history. I was bored to tears but kept watching in anticipation of the plane on a conveyor belt. Stupid waste of an hour.
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I have just received an email from Dan Tapster, executive producer of MythBusters.

Thanks to all the activity, he can't log in and asked me to post this for him.

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"Adam? Jamie? Dan? Someone step up and tell us what happened tonight."

Dear all,
As wbarnhill called out, I thought I should step in to what is rapidly becoming a hornet's nest. I will try to calm things down but I don't hold out much hope!
First up, 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. At one poit, several months ago, POCB was going to be part of Airplane Hour. Somewhere, someone has mistakenly posted the wrong listing. It will have been a genuine mistake but nonetheless it was a mistake which is unacceptable. As said I will try to find out what went wrong and hope that you will see fit to forgive the team at Discovery.
Thanks in advance,
Dan


And with that, the entire board is going "READ ONLY" until I can clean up the mess.

MythMod

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I'm surprised you guys didn't realize it when there was no "Coming up: Adam puts plane on conveyor belt, Jamie calls him a dumbass."
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I agree that was the worst show in their history. I was bored to tears but kept watching in anticipation of the plane on a conveyor belt. Stupid waste of an hour.


I agree.
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OOOOHHHHHHHHHH, SO NOW THEY ARE CRAWFISHING!!


PISS OFF!!



















AND YES, I REALIZED RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE ON. I ENJOY THE SHOW, SO I WATCHED ANYWAY.

THEY HAVE DONE MUCH WORSE SHOWS. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE SHOW WAS FAIRLY FUNNY OVERALL.
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So my repeated questions on this thread concerning when the episode will air were more valid than I was given credit for.
IIIHorn
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So, once again ...

When will the Plane/conveyor episode air?



[This message has been edited by IIIHorn (edited 12/13/2007 8:58a).]
polish german
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quickly, at 4000 feet, shouldn't something fall roughly at 32.2 feet per second?

thus 4000ft / (32.2 ft/sec) = 124 seconds. That's without wind resistance. so why in the fheck did they "bust" the myth about taking 90 seconds to fall that far?
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think your math is a little messed up polish
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I suck at math, so I can't calculate this out quick...

but objects fall ath 32.2 ft/sec/sec i.e

1sec falls 32.2 ft
2sec falls 64.4 ft
3sec falls 96.6 ft

so after 3 secs, the object has fallen 193.2 ft.
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You guys are using acceleration as velocity.
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idiots
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2000
gambochaman
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there are equations for linear motion that answer this

polish german = epic fail
gambochaman
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and 32.2 is the rate of acceleration of gravity

the speed of a free falling object is not constant

derr
IIIHorn
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The value of acceleration due to gravity should be stated in furlongs/fortnight/fortnight.
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stupid non engineers

distance traveled = 1/2 * G * t^2

if it started at velocity = 0.

so after 3 seconds it has fallen 144.9 feet.

But objects reach a TERMINAL VELOCITY depending on the drag of the object.
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Horn, look up about 5 posts. They promise late Jan.
polish german
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I AM AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
polish german
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I'll leave that up for all to see my retardedness
IIIHorn
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Horn, look up about 5 posts. They promise late Jan.


The question of airtime remains relevant.

[This message has been edited by IIIHorn (edited 12/13/2007 9:27a).]
Chuy
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You are an idiot. That's not even an engineering problem. It's a simple, high school sophomore Physics I problem that you have completely screwed up.
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poop...that's what this is...poop
polish german
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if you knew who my high school physics teacher was, you wouldn't be so critical.

I learned more about how to sneak around on your wife at various "massage parlors" than I did about anything science related.

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BWAAHAHA! They pwned you tards!
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this may have already been posted...

"We put the plane on a quarter-mile conveyor belt and tested it out," says Savage about the experiment using a pilot and his Ultralight plane. "I won't tell you what the outcome was, but the pilot and his entire flight club got it wrong."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2003983863_webmythbusters.html

IIIHorn
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ttt for Tree Hugger.
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So when does the episode air?
IIIHorn
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I dunno!

Good question!
Tree Hugger
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this thread is moot
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