Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoIs this a rope hanging under a helicopter?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down134
arrow-up1374arrow-down1imageIs this a rope hanging under a helicopter?sh.itjust.worksSilverchase@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square99linkfedilink
minus-squareBlank@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoYes, but then it wouldn’t be flying “to the right” as it says.
minus-squareStumblingWasabi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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-up1·3 days agoNow this is the kind of technically right I can get behind.
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.