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Post by the light works on Sept 27, 2024 5:18:59 GMT
I’ve seen the blast doors on the test cells at Argonne National Laboratory. Those door ain’t going nowhere from a hand grenade blast. Then it’s also something you’re not going to swing with one hand to pin someone behind either. in a nutshell, if the blast door isn't going to be perturbed by a grenade, slamming someone behind it may do more damage to them than a grenade would. |
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Post by ironhold on Oct 1, 2024 22:00:34 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Rounds_(film)This is a variation on the dive into a swimming pool. Instead of diving from a static hotel room, they're diving from a wobbling helicopter that is about to crash.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 1, 2024 22:56:46 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Rounds_(film)This is a variation on the dive into a swimming pool. Instead of diving from a static hotel room, they're diving from a wobbling helicopter that is about to crash. A free falling human reaches terminal velocity (about 120mph) after free falling about 1500 feet. So it doesn't matter what is holding the diving platform up or how stable it is as long as its at least 1500 feet above the ground. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 1, 2024 23:47:17 GMT
the two key variables are the height of the jump, and the depth of the pool. the intertubes are implying that 20 feet is about the highest you want to hit a 15 foot deep pool from. however, one person said that at least one person has survived a jump from the golden gate bridge.
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Post by ironhold on Oct 23, 2024 20:54:53 GMT
Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase -
I know this one is cheating a bit because much of the film is set inside of a video game, but...
1. In one scene, Fred and his digital copy are trying to escape a roller coaster with a damaged segment of track. The pair dive off the side, landing on an inflatable bounce house that proves enough to cushion their fall.
2. Since the villain in the movie is an actual monster made of electricity, at several points the characters fight it using bar magnets. Even if we presume they'd be of any effect, how heavy would the kinds of bar magnets shown in the film be? Characters are shown just picking them up with ease and even putting them in their pockets.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 23, 2024 23:15:24 GMT
Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase - I know this one is cheating a bit because much of the film is set inside of a video game, but... 1. In one scene, Fred and his digital copy are trying to escape a roller coaster with a damaged segment of track. The pair dive off the side, landing on an inflatable bounce house that proves enough to cushion their fall. 2. Since the villain in the movie is an actual monster made of electricity, at several points the characters fight it using bar magnets. Even if we presume they'd be of any effect, how heavy would the kinds of bar magnets shown in the film be? Characters are shown just picking them up with ease and even putting them in their pockets. 1. Never underestimate the power of a bounce house. That's what they are designed to do. It even says so on the safety sticker. 2. The force exerted on an electron by a magnetic field is a function of the strength of the magnetic field and the speed at which the electron is moving. So it would really depend more on how fast the monster was running rather than how big the magnetic bars are. If the monster was running really fast, a very small magnetic bar would deflect him. But if he was standing still, no magnet, no matter how big, would have any effect on him. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 24, 2024 14:15:21 GMT
#1 falls into the "stranger things have happened" category. while I would not recommend planning to do it; it's better to aim for the bouncy house than the scale model of Dubai made out of broken beer bottles. it does bear mentioning that the airbags stuntmen use are similar to bouncy houses. although, again - specifically designed for a person to land on and be able to walk away.
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Post by the light works on Oct 24, 2024 14:19:56 GMT
not an acton movie per se; but small enough to land in a random myth thread instead of a full thread of its own.
I recalled a story I read in a compilation of anecdotes the narrator was riding in a commercial airplane, when the captain announced that seat belts were to be fastened because there was turbulence ahead. subsequently, the plane tilted dramatically to one side, and then returned to level flight. some time later, the captain made another announcement, apologizing for the upset, and explained, it was a long flight, and he needed a cup of coffee, but the mechanism of the coffee pot was jammed, and it could not be tipped to pour the coffee. since the couldn't tip the coffee pot, the only solution that came to mind was to tip the plane.
the question is: was there any known passenger plane that had the coffee apparatus built in such a way that tipping the plane to the side would pour coffee?
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 24, 2024 17:39:27 GMT
not an acton movie per se; but small enough to land in a random myth thread instead of a full thread of its own. I recalled a story I read in a compilation of anecdotes the narrator was riding in a commercial airplane, when the captain announced that seat belts were to be fastened because there was turbulence ahead. subsequently, the plane tilted dramatically to one side, and then returned to level flight. some time later, the captain made another announcement, apologizing for the upset, and explained, it was a long flight, and he needed a cup of coffee, but the mechanism of the coffee pot was jammed, and it could not be tipped to pour the coffee. since the couldn't tip the coffee pot, the only solution that came to mind was to tip the plane. the question is: was there any known passenger plane that had the coffee apparatus built in such a way that tipping the plane to the side would pour coffee? Better yet, is there any passenger plane that even has a coffee maker installed in the cockpit? A good question for captain Steeeeeve. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 25, 2024 1:51:43 GMT
not an acton movie per se; but small enough to land in a random myth thread instead of a full thread of its own. I recalled a story I read in a compilation of anecdotes the narrator was riding in a commercial airplane, when the captain announced that seat belts were to be fastened because there was turbulence ahead. subsequently, the plane tilted dramatically to one side, and then returned to level flight. some time later, the captain made another announcement, apologizing for the upset, and explained, it was a long flight, and he needed a cup of coffee, but the mechanism of the coffee pot was jammed, and it could not be tipped to pour the coffee. since the couldn't tip the coffee pot, the only solution that came to mind was to tip the plane. the question is: was there any known passenger plane that had the coffee apparatus built in such a way that tipping the plane to the side would pour coffee? Better yet, is there any passenger plane that even has a coffee maker installed in the cockpit? A good question for captain Steeeeeve. they are never in the cockpit, it would be in the galley - and most planes I've ridden on, if they have coffee, it's in pump pots for service, but they do have coffee on board. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 25, 2024 3:56:22 GMT
Better yet, is there any passenger plane that even has a coffee maker installed in the cockpit? A good question for captain Steeeeeve. they are never in the cockpit, it would be in the galley - and most planes I've ridden on, if they have coffee, it's in pump pots for service, but they do have coffee on board. With all the automation and artificial intelligent, and planes that can take off and land themselves, you would think there would be a button up there somewhere labeled coffee. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 25, 2024 14:03:28 GMT
they are never in the cockpit, it would be in the galley - and most planes I've ridden on, if they have coffee, it's in pump pots for service, but they do have coffee on board. With all the automation and artificial intelligent, and planes that can take off and land themselves, you would think there would be a button up there somewhere labeled coffee. why? they will do away with pilots before they do away with flight attendants. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 25, 2024 15:21:27 GMT
With all the automation and artificial intelligent, and planes that can take off and land themselves, you would think there would be a button up there somewhere labeled coffee. why? they will do away with pilots before they do away with flight attendants. Probably do away with both. Did you see the Tesla robot bartenders? |
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Post by the light works on Oct 25, 2024 19:46:52 GMT
why? they will do away with pilots before they do away with flight attendants. Probably do away with both. Did you see the Tesla robot bartenders? nope, but I guess if the patrons get unruly, they have a built in TASER. |
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