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.Scott replied to the thread Positive wing wash-in dynamic soaring one side.To be clear, you have made left turns more efficient when thermaling by making the plane asymmetric. When flying the Schweizer, I was...
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.Scott replied to the thread Remote Controlled Bowling Ball using Gyroscopes.You will have a rolling ball, some internal control masses (spinning, static, or some of each), and some ability to apply force to those...
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.Scott replied to the thread Undergrad Ice on the moon.The vapor pressure tells you how eager the ice is to sublimate - to become a vapor. Vapor pressure drops exponentially as the...
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.Scott replied to the thread Undergrad Ice on the moon.From NASA Moon South Pole page: Lighting and Terrain At the lunar South Pole, the Sun hovers below or just above the horizon...
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.Scott replied to the thread Physics/math: how much knowledge does a high school teacher need?.I'm all for pushing statistics over calculus. Calculus is very STEM-oriented. Statistics is much broader. Knowing how to read a study...
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.Scott replied to the thread Point of particular Doonesbury strip?.Marines have quite a different reputation than Army soldiers. A common slang term for a Marine is "jarhead". If you join the Marines...
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.Scott replied to the thread How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?.For a Proton (with two ups and a down) it is less that 0.90 fm.
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.Scott replied to the thread How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?.There are two trains, three train stations, and a bird. Those three train stations are all along the same track at 200-mile intervals...
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.Scott replied to the thread How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?."Due east" and "Due west" are directions, not locations. So there is no distance.
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.Scott replied to the thread Graduate How is literally EVERYTHING in physics not binary?.The problem with "sharing what you know" is that unless it commonly accepted, you will need citations. Here's an except from the Terms...
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.Scott replied to the thread Remote Controlled Bowling Ball using Gyroscopes.If all you want to do it to "cheat" by making last minute adjustments to the balls trajectory, then a gyroscope system might be good...
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.Scott replied to the thread Epothilone B study connected to 'Hard Problem of Consciousness' Model.I'm not sure I fully catch your drift. But there is more to be observed than just your willingness to claim consciousness. You can ask...
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.Scott replied to the thread Positive wing wash-in dynamic soaring one side.I was thinking that anything that kept you up was "dynamic soaring". But you're right Dynamic Soaring refers specifically to...
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.Scott replied to the thread Positive wing wash-in dynamic soaring one side.Yes. Wing wash-out is used to keep the ailerons useful as the plane enters a stall. From what I gather, he is using "washin" (ie...