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  1. 12-12-2007, 07:32 PM #521
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    1.5hrs til it all goes down! Granted, they'll probably save this one for the end of the ****ing show.

    9pm on Discovery, fewls! Mythbusters bitches!
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    About ****ing time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio
    About ****ing time.
    You are damn right. I hope to see 43 people proven wrong...
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    ~30 ****ing minutes...oh fawk yes!
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    Why didn't anyone bet me?!
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    WTF its not in the show.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Chimpo
    WTF its not in the show.
    Just 'cause it isn't in the preview...

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  8. 12-12-2007, 09:11 PM #528
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    i was wondering the same thing...maybe they will throw a quick answer out there...
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    It doesn't look like it's going to be on tonight's show afterall. I bet I could land that plane though.....

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    WTF! There is no way they can do it in 9 minutes can they?!
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    very very doubtful
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    make a new poll, can they doo it in 9 min?


    lol.... i was looking forward to it too
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  13. 12-12-2007, 09:56 PM #533
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    lol
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    myth busted...........
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    oh well.. mabye next time 43+ people will be proven wrong
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    lol...when will that be?
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    Somebody's gonna fly a plane into the discovery channel headquarters.
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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    Somebody's gonna fly a plane into the discovery channel headquarters.
    That took off from a long long conveyor belt.....

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  19. 12-12-2007, 10:08 PM #539
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    so since i didn't waste the time watching this did it take off yes or no?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
    That took off from a long long conveyor belt.....
    jamie, lol +1 hahaah
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    Just so that everyone can see that I didn't make this up....

    I did a screen shot from the Discovery.com website showing what is coming on:

    http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedule...6.24704.3913.x

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    http://community.discovery.com/eve/f...6/m/5841963149
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    Quote Originally Posted by BABY J
    http://community.discovery.com/eve/f...6/m/5841963149
    Oh yeah. The OT forum is RAPING them a new one. We have close to 600 members in that OT thread and people are LIVID!
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    god, people on the discovery.com mythbusters forum are freaking out over the fact plane on a treadmill didn't air. I mean they're really freaking out. I'm going for a ride in the roflcopter
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    I hear that myth was cut because it's being made into a pay per view event. $19.99 to find out if the plane takes off.
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    I think that the internet might just implode any minute now...
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    ok, for serious i just heard that the treadmill episode is going to be january 30 because they're going to do the whole show about it. my info comes from someone who knows the show producers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Shadow
    ok, for serious i just heard that the treadmill episode is going to be january 30 because they're going to do the whole show about it. my info comes from someone who knows the show producers.
    Actually, that very same info was posted on their fan site. I'll believe it when I see it. Either way, they ****ed up. Discovery.com STILL has it in the show's description.
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    HAHAHA

    Worst thing to happen since the Holocaust. May even be worse. Congrats Discovery. You have perpetrated the Treadmealacaust.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. KiDD
    HAHAHA

    Worst thing to happen since the Holocaust. May even be worse. Congrats Discovery. You have perpetrated the Treadmealacaust.
    Yeah, OTers have a way with words...
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    that has to be the FUNNIEST thread i have seen in YEARS
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    As an aerospace engineering student, here's my two cents:


    As has been said before, no power is supplied to the wheels of an aircraft, it is propelled by either a propeller or a jet. The conveyor belt supplies a force backwards. If that is the only outside force involved, the plane will be stationary relative to the conveyor belt and will be moving backwards through the air. If the aircraft's propulsion supplies a force in the forward direction, the backward speed of the conveyor belt can be cancelled out with the forward speed of the aircraft. In this case, the conveyor belt will be moving past the airplane at takeoff speed but the speed of the air over the wings will be 0, which means the lift will be 0, so the plane will not take off.
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    I'd laugh my ass off if they aired in on January 26th
    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Tapster, executive producer of MythBusters
    Dear all,

    As wbarnhill called out, I thought I should step in to what is rapidly becoming a hornet's nest. I will try to calm things down but I don't hold out much hope!

    First up, for those concerned that this story has been cancelled, don't worry, planes on a conveyer belt has been filmed, is spectacular, and will be part of what us Mythbusters refer to as 'episode 97'. Currently that is due to air on January 30th.

    Secondly, for those very aggrieved fans feeling "duped" into watching tonight's show, I can only apologise. I'm not sure why the listings / internet advertised that tonight's show contained POCB. I will endeavour to find out an answer but for those conspiracy theorists amongst you, I can assure you that it will have just been an honest mistake. At one point
    several months ago, POCB was going to be part of Airplane Hour. Somewhere, someone has mistakenly posted the wrong listing. It will have been a genuine mistake but nonetheless it was a mistake which is unacceptable. As said I will try to find out what went wrong and hope that you will see fit to forgive the team at Discovery.

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    LET'S SPAM HIS MYSPACE!!! LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThaABomb
    As an aerospace engineering student, here's my two cents:


    As has been said before, no power is supplied to the wheels of an aircraft, it is propelled by either a propeller or a jet. The conveyor belt supplies a force backwards. If that is the only outside force involved, the plane will be stationary relative to the conveyor belt and will be moving backwards through the air. If the aircraft's propulsion supplies a force in the forward direction, the backward speed of the conveyor belt can be cancelled out with the forward speed of the aircraft. In this case, the conveyor belt will be moving past the airplane at takeoff speed but the speed of the air over the wings will be 0, which means the lift will be 0, so the plane will not take off.
    ouch.. i bet u fail or build something that fails.

    your right mostly. but the treadmill would NOT push the airplane back due tot he wheels. the wheels are free moving. Think about it. in a car wheels are tied to axels, etc etc.

    what happens if you put the back wheels of a FWD car onto a raised up wheel and spin em.. absolutely nothing
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    planes need lift.... correct? lift requires air movement correct? and a stationary object spinning its wheels and revving is engine is not generating either correct.... there its all quite simple in my head lol regardless if i'm right or not... to me thats basically about it
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