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Old 03-07-2008, 19:15
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Re: A Puzzler

Looking through the internet it seems that the opinion of the scientists is that it is theoretically possible which has told me

Theory and reality are two different things though. To quote one source


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And there you have it, at least on paper. Bear in mind that for a plane to reach that point of decoupling would require two things above and beyond the pale of normal engineering. First, a remarkable amount of power -- far more than any jetliner, and probably any military plane, is capable of developing. The illustration on Pogue's blog is of an Airbus A320; some sort of rocket plane would be more appropriate. Second, no existing aircraft tires could take such abuse. The rotational velocity required before reaching the friction limit would have them bursting within seconds, causing the plane to be flung backward
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