https://www.kptv.com/video-man-cras...cle_c0354d5f-efa0-577b-b43f-b065f25c7b46.html

Wow. What a strong tree! It didn't even jiggle.

 

Wow. What a strong tree! It didn't even jiggle.

Conservation of momentum saved those fool because of an offset hit. The cheap car rotated with the hit, converting a large amount of linear velocity into rotational energy dissipated by flying parts and deformed metal with the fools near the middle of the rotating mass.

 

Conservation of momentum saved those fool because of an offset hit. The cheap car rotated with the hit, converting a large amount of linear velocity into rotational energy dissipated by flying parts and deformed metal with the fools near the middle of the rotating mass.

Yes. And the tree behaved purely elastic. It returned all the energy imparted by the car back to the car.

 

Conservation of momentum saved those fool because of an offset hit. The cheap car rotated with the hit, converting a large amount of linear velocity into rotational energy dissipated by flying parts and deformed metal with the fools near the middle of the rotating mass.

all that ... and yet their necks didn't snap...

 

all that ... and yet their necks didn't snap...

That's why we have airbags as standard equipment. You neck will snap when there is a difference in velocity between the bodies mass and the head with your neck as the fulcrum. The airbag equalizes differences by opposite forces and dissipation.

 

And yet we still overlook the obvious. They run and think somehow "I" will get away, I'll be the lucky one.
If I were the Governor of any state I would put out a commercial on TV showing all these runners getting what they deserve and adding a new label of crime "Endangering the welfare of the community" and adding 10 years to the end of the sentence.
Brzrkr

 

I've always wondered at the "language" used by the people on the ground orienting the pilots on how to maneuver their aircraft.

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If someone offers you a ride in a French fighter, be sure to ask how the parachute works:
https://theaviationist.com/2020/04/...on-reveals-both-human-and-technical-failures/

 

If someone offers you a ride in a French fighter, be sure to ask how the parachute works:
https://theaviationist.com/2020/04/...on-reveals-both-human-and-technical-failures/

That was fascinating reading... thanks for posting!

 

Spilled your coffee in my car!!! This is why we can't have nice things.

 

Spilled your coffee in my car!!! This is why we can't have nice things.

Boy, I wish I could've ejected certain passengers in my car at certain points in my life...

 

Boy, I wish I could've ejected certain passengers in my car at certain points in my life...

I still do.

Ron

 

https://simpleflying.com/air-france-a330-shot-at/

An Airbus A330-200 (F-GZCK) Air France is grounded at A. Agostinho-Neto International Airport, Pointe-Noire, Congo with bullet holes in its fuselage. Shots have been fired on this A330 upon landing at PNR on April 11th. It was supposed to bring back 100 French citizens. A team of technicians has been sent to PNR on-board a Boeing 777, flight AF380V.

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This is what happens when a pilot lifts the plane's wheels before the takeoff sequence is effectively complete:

 

This is what happens when a pilot lifts the plane's wheels before the takeoff sequence is effectively complete:

I'm surprised there's not a safety interlock to prevent that scenario.

 

That's a possibility.

It looked like the first error was over-rotation, which caused the tail to hit. Rather than dropping the nose to fly off the ground, the pilot retracted the gear. Enough pressure might have been off the gear to unlock it and allow retraction to start.* Whether the subsequent nose drop to reduce the AoA was intentional or due to an aerodynamic stall, I can't tell from the video. The sequence could be: over rotate, retract gear (error), stall warning, drop nose... I tried to find a source for the video and did not recognize the tail insignia.

*Retracting gear can actually increase drag and cause a stall.

 

did not recognize the tail insignia.

I tried too ... it seems that it might be Turkish, but I'm not sure.

 

What looked like green made me think of that area too.

 

Watch out for that, TREE!
https://www.kptv.com/watch-intense-...cle_3aa1e3a5-e178-5d06-a9d8-cdbe42ebe399.html