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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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That was cool but still a smooth flight. I once flew into Clark AFB in the PI during a tropical storm on a C5. The big monster was jumping up/down/sideways as soon as we went below the cloud cover. Plus, we were buckled in, facing backwards in the tail! Finally landed, and stepped off the plane into 6 inches of water on the deck.

Clark AFB was a cool place.

1982
 

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Tonyr1084

Joined Sep 24, 2015
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That was cool but still a smooth flight. I once flew into Clark AFB in the PI during a tropical storm on a C5. The big monster was jumping up/down/sideways as soon as we went below the cloud cover. Plus, we were buckled in, facing backwards in the tail! Finally landed, and stepped off the plane into 6 inches of water on the deck.

Clark AFB was a cool place.

1982
YIKES!
 

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
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I definitely agree -- totally counter-intuitive. But the explanation makes sense. Thanks for posting.

I don't know about the claim that there's no splashing regardless of the height from which the drop falls. If the drop falls from a great height (or is fired downward), I would expect that, at some point, the energy involved would be sufficient to overcome the cohesive forces.
 

cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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I would expect that, at some point, the energy involved would be sufficient to overcome the cohesive forces.
Your observation reminds me of Dave Scott's hammer and feather drop experiment on the moon.

Pouring a drop of liquid on a flat surface from a height on the next moon mission would make a very cool follow-up.
 
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