Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoIs this a rope hanging under a helicopter?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1435arrow-down135
arrow-up1400arrow-down1imageIs this a rope hanging under a helicopter?sh.itjust.worksSilverchase@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square100linkfedilink
minus-squareBlank@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYes, but then it wouldn’t be flying “to the right” as it says.
minus-squareStumblingWasabi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIf the helicopter is suspended in the air, it’s flying. To the right is simply a frame of reference, if I’m driving to the left then it appears as though the helicopter is going to the right, so the speed can be 0.
minus-squarestarelfsc2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNow this is the kind of technically right I can get behind.
minus-squareSpongyAneurysm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYes, but not one where we would typically consider something to be ‘flying horizontally’.
0 is a constant speed.
Yes, but then it wouldn’t be flying “to the right” as it says.
If the helicopter is suspended in the air, it’s flying. To the right is simply a frame of reference, if I’m driving to the left then it appears as though the helicopter is going to the right, so the speed can be 0.
Now this is the kind of technically right I can get behind.
Yes, but not one where we would typically consider something to be ‘flying horizontally’.