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Adam's Top 10 Reasons We Won't Revisit Plane on a Conveyor Belt

 

10. There's no way it's affordable to put a bigger plane on an even bigger conveyor belt.

9. The engineering involved in putting a larger (heavier) plane on a bigger (more durable) conveyor belt and pulling it faster is prohibitive.

8. It would take too much time to put a bigger plane on a conveyor belt. We just don't allot that kind of time to a revisit.

7. A revisit is usually triggered when we get information that is NEW, AND has a (snowball's) chance (in you-know-where) of changing our minds. Neither of those two criteria have happened in this case.

6. If you think we need to show why a plane that's not moving won't take off, you're missing the point.

5. If you think we need to take into account the wind created by the conveyor belt itself, you're missing the point.

4. Jamie thinks it would be a waste of time.

3. I think it would be a waste of time.

2. If you really think about it, we got it right.

1. Come ON! We put a gall-durned actual, honest-to-goodness plane on a bona fide conveyor belt and it TOOK OFF. What MORE do you people WANT?! If you're not satisfied by that, I doubt that anything we could do would help.



Get More on PoCB


* What Happened in Airplane on a Conveyor Belt?
Well, what did you think? Was it a job well done or total bust? Join the discussion in the Wiki community.

* Behind the Scenes Photos
See Adam and Jamie hard at work in exclusive pics from the bust!

* THE GREAT "POAT" SNAFU!
Adam addresses the missing myth from Dec. 12. Watch the video.

 
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