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Title: Flying an earth plane on other planets
Post by: anwar on January 30, 2013, 08:42:27 PM

http://what-if.xkcd.com/30/

Title: Re: Flying an earth plane on other planets
Post by: girishsarwal on January 30, 2013, 08:49:21 PM

Lovely read anwar bhai, Uranus was the best, "Why would you want to fly on a featureless planet?" ...lol

Title: Re: Re: Flying an earth plane on other planets
Post by: srivatsa on February 03, 2013, 10:42:29 AM

And another interesting thing to note, smooth transition on Jupiter from gas to solid, wonder how Cessna would feel !!

Title: Re: Flying an earth plane on other planets
Post by: girishsarwal on February 03, 2013, 11:24:33 AM

The cessna would do the wall maneuver :banghead: without a need to do anything on the sticks :giggle: if the transition was a little abrupt

Title: Re: Flying an earth plane on other planets
Post by: anwar on February 04, 2013, 06:09:56 PM

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/xkcds-interplanetary-cessna-and-trajectories/

Title: Re: Re: Flying an earth plane on other planets
Post by: srivatsa on February 05, 2013, 08:07:02 AM

Wow!! That guy has taken it too far !

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