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Thanks Thanks for all the input on this question - it has been definitively answered. -xeed

Understood. Let's assume the rope was at the exact center of gravity. Maybe a good analogy would be a blimp - let's say a line was tied to the blimp at the central mass, if anything of sufficient strength (but again, weighing 200 pounds) pulled that rope, could they pull it down? Thanks, xeed

Me and a friend are having a dispute after watching the movie Underworld : Evolution. There's a scene in the movie where a character literally pulls a helicopter out of the air by pulling its fast rope straight down. Now I know it's Hollywood, but I started laughing at the reality of such an...