In this video, you'll find out the most common ways planes drop bombs, but also about a not so conventional way called the "idiot's loop" which was tested, just not utilized.
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Every airline has their own branding on their planes, but for the most part, they're all painted white.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 466 views • 2:21How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the worlds biggest weight - 1,000,000 pounds of force. This machine ensures planes don't break apart, jets provide required... continue reading
posted by Mekanikal 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,248 views • 5:45How we went from requiring 3 or more engines to cross the ocean to allowing twin engine planes to cross, and the increase in reliability, and ETOPS range of modern twin engine planes.
posted by RFlagg 7 years ago • 1,242 views • 8:57The Voyager 1 space probe is the furthest man-made object from Earth, and the fastest. But right now, it's moving towards us. Relatively speaking. At Mission Control for the Deep Space Network, inside... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 weeks ago • 656 views • 3:26YouTube description: Google Earth is the most photorealistic, digital version of our planet. But how?! Where do the images come from? How are they they put together? And how often are they updated?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 678 views • 8:09Is it a bird? A plane? A supernova? No! It turned out to be something else! We've also now studied the weather on a gas giant exoplanet!
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 200 views • 4:47YT "Seatbelts and airbags in cars save passengers lives. Parachutes save people who, for a variety of reasons, exit a plane in mid-flight. So why aren’t parachutes provided to passengers on commercial... continue reading
posted by blackfox42 7 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 320 views • 6:48"One day YOU will pay for the wall." YouTube: You Fools! You forgot about planes! We always forget about planes!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 783 views • 5:43YouTube: Radiation is all around us, and when you travel by plane, you’re exposed to cosmic radiation. So what does this mean for our health? Does air travel expose us to unsafe radiation levels? Check... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months ago • 51 views • 2:29The border between India and Bangladesh is extremely messy and complicated. Why is this? And what's it like living there? ----------------------- I imagine it to be like a bag of holding placed inside... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 158 views • 3:07YouTube description: Sometimes flight recorders are the only way the victims' families will know what happened to the plane. Immediately following an airplane crash anywhere in US territory, the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 229 views • 5:31YouTube description: 3 Angles of One Air Piper PA-25 Pawnee, Breda Airport Netherlands. (via digg)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 357 views • 1:28The physics behind the perfect size of a jet engine.
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 1 month ago • 845 views • 2:04"Dear passengers. Does anybody know how to fly this plane?"
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