Curveball Interview questions
May 17th 2013 | 2:11 am
#46
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Re: Curveball Interview questions
The planes engines do not drive the wheels, they are there simply to enable the plane to move. The engine pulls or pushes the plane through the air and, when sufficient air is moving over the wings, enough lift will be generated for the plane to take off. Ask yourself this question: How does a plane move through the air once it has taken off?
May 17th 2013 | 2:24 am
#49
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Re: Curveball Interview questions
fwiw the previous thread (from which I directly plagiarised the question) is here http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=493851
I do like that mythbusters piece, though.
May 17th 2013 | 2:58 am
#50
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Re: Curveball Interview questions
well yes, of course. But the previous thread went on for 15 pages after the question had been answered definitively in the first half-dozen or so posts. People couldn't get their heads around the fact that the wheels are free-rotating and the whole conveyor belt is therefore a red herring.
fwiw the previous thread (from which I directly plagiarised the question) is here http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=493851
fwiw the previous thread (from which I directly plagiarised the question) is here http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=493851
I can't believe the pilot was surprised it was able to take off. I thought they were supposed to be clever buggers
May 17th 2013 | 3:28 am
#51
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Re: Curveball Interview questions
well yes, of course. But the previous thread went on for 15 pages after the question had been answered definitively in the first half-dozen or so posts. People couldn't get their heads around the fact that the wheels are free-rotating and the whole conveyor belt is therefore a red herring.
fwiw the previous thread (from which I directly plagiarised the question) is here http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=493851
I do like that mythbusters piece, though.
fwiw the previous thread (from which I directly plagiarised the question) is here http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=493851
I do like that mythbusters piece, though.
May 17th 2013 | 3:31 am
#52
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May 17th 2013 | 4:43 am
#53
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Re: Curveball Interview questions
Silly man.
The planes engines do not drive the wheels, they are there simply to enable the plane to move. The engine pulls or pushes the plane through the air and, when sufficient air is moving over the wings, enough lift will be generated for the plane to take off. Ask yourself this question: How does a plane move through the air once it has taken off?
The planes engines do not drive the wheels, they are there simply to enable the plane to move. The engine pulls or pushes the plane through the air and, when sufficient air is moving over the wings, enough lift will be generated for the plane to take off. Ask yourself this question: How does a plane move through the air once it has taken off?
Ok get it now. The wheels are irrelevant.
Last edited by Shard; May 17th 2013 at 5:01 am. Reason: Use of brain.
