The "Plane on a Treadmill" Question - Page 27

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2009, 10:25 PM

The caption I saw with the picture said the wheel was driven separately from the belt. It didn't explain if it was a separate motor or some kind of linkages.

jimhelm · 11-03-2012, 10:05 AM

shit. now what.

Trilby · 11-03-2012, 10:07 AM

that is gonna be one tired bird.

Griff · 11-03-2012, 10:14 AM

Looks conclusive!

xoxoxoBruce · 11-03-2012, 05:14 PM

One retarded pigeon, doesn't not conclusive make.

footfootfoot · 11-03-2012, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

One retarded pigeon, doesn't not conclusive make.

What about this Shrimp on a treadmill?

I forget where it came from and what the researchers were attempting to discern.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-03-2012, 05:42 PM

Or where they found such a stupid shrimp.

plthijinx · 11-24-2012, 02:26 PM

i'm too hungover for this.

i'll think about it tomorrow when i go fly with Bobby.

limey · 11-29-2012, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by plthijinx

i'm too hungover for this.

i'll think about it tomorrow when i go fly with Bobby.

Will you be taking off from a treadmill?

ZenGum · 12-17-2012, 07:23 PM

Okay, in regards to the eternal question of "can it take off from a treadmilll?" the tally so far is planes, yes, pigeons and shrimp, no.

What about coked-up reindeer?

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To compare nasal blood flow across species, the research team recruited five human test subjects from the Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, where some of the authors are based, and shoved a video microscope up their noses to chart blood flow. Furthermore, the researchers tested vascular reactivity (i.e. how much the blood vessels can change) by "local application" of 100 mg of cocaine, a common vasoconstrictor used in ear, nose, and throat research, to the interior of one of the subject's noses.

The team then anesthetized a pair of adult reindeer and did a similar microscope survey of blood vessels, then put the reindeer on treadmills to heat them up, and recorded where their heat output was highest with a thermal imager:

There is no record of the reindeer achieving lift-off.

I guess they need more cocaine.

plthijinx · 12-17-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

Will you be taking off from a treadmill?

we should have tried. that was a fucked up flight.

classicman · 06-18-2016, 08:42 AM

05-16-2009, 10:25 PM	#391
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11-03-2012, 10:07 AM	#393
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11-03-2012, 10:14 AM	#394
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11-03-2012, 05:14 PM	#395
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	One retarded pigeon, doesn't not conclusive make. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-03-2012, 05:42 PM	#397
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Or where they found such a stupid shrimp. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-24-2012, 02:26 PM	#398
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