SSTF to [email protected]English • 5 months agoWhich side are you on?lemmy.worldmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1158
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•5 months agoIt never occurred to me that multiple state-funded programs were started by engineers who felt existing rotorcraft were too stable and fail-safe. Both of these manage to make less sense than the serious and groundbreaking industrial design of Inspector Gadget.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoActually, it doesn’t matter if the rotor is on top or the bottom. Since force is applied to the center of mass, which is the same with gravity. It is called the Pendulum Rocket Fallacy.
It never occurred to me that multiple state-funded programs were started by engineers who felt existing rotorcraft were too stable and fail-safe.
Both of these manage to make less sense than the serious and groundbreaking industrial design of Inspector Gadget.
Actually, it doesn’t matter if the rotor is on top or the bottom. Since force is applied to the center of mass, which is the same with gravity.
It is called the Pendulum Rocket Fallacy.
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