Lifting yourself up while seated

jim hardy

Dont you guys remember trying this when you were toddlers?

I remember vividly at about age 3 pulling up on the seat of my pants believing i'd fly to the ceiling any second.

OCR

Quote by jim hardy

I remember vividly at about age 3 pulling up on the seat of my pants believing i'd fly

You were just too young to have enough "pucker power", jim.

Kristofferson claims that Sky King did... "have enough".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1eSaRCSD4k

Ok, ok, the situation was not quite the same for Sky, and it helps to have some collective knowledge about helicopters...

http://www.copters.com/aero/autorotation.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorot...8helicopter%29

OCR... lol

*uperkurk*

Newtons third law. Thanks for clearing that up, I think of some random things sometimes lol

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jim hardy Recognitions: Gold Member Science Advisor	Lifting yourself up while seated Dont you guys remember trying this when you were toddlers? I remember vividly at about age 3 pulling up on the seat of my pants believing i'd fly to the ceiling any second.

uperkurk	Newtons third law. Thanks for clearing that up, I think of some random things sometimes lol