Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 天前Is this a rope hanging under a helicopter?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1399arrow-down10
arrow-up1399arrow-down1imageIs this a rope hanging under a helicopter?sh.itjust.worksSilverchase@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 天前message-square56linkfedilink
minus-squareBlank@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 天前Yes, but then it wouldn’t be flying “to the right” as it says.
minus-squareStumblingWasabi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 天前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.
minus-squarestarelfsc2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 天前Now this is the kind of technically right I can get behind.
minus-squareSpongyAneurysm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-214 天前Yes, 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’.