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when a plane flys upside down the grown looks as if its above you. what would you experience if you could land upside down

if you could design a plane to safely land upside down would the earths gravity feel as if its pulling you upwards for a moment. If not what would you experience as you adjust?

Surley you wouldn't just suddenly flip fight over as there is nothing to determim which way you would tern but it has to happen some how but how?

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Asked by canivet290468
on 2010-11-15 00:05:17

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Categories: Transport.

Tags: aircraft.

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Why walk when you can ride? The steeper the road, the slower I cycle - to the point where I am reduced to walking speed. Is there a gradient beyond which the mechanical advantage offered by a bicycle diminishes to the same (or less than) walking? Simon Forbes Hove
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Asked by lordforbes
on 2010-11-12 14:28:08

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Categories: Transport.

Tags: mechanics, bicycles.

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What is F1 driver qualification ? If you want to be f1 driver then what qualification you will need to participate in f1 race ?
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Asked by vivekbelkonikar2010
on 2010-11-10 21:55:23

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Categories: Transport.

Tags: transport, car, formula1, racing.

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What is average of spacecraft ? What is the average full efficiency of spacecraft I mean distance per liter or gallon ?
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Asked by vivekbelkonikar2010
on 2010-11-10 21:38:18

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Categories: Transport.

Tags: transport, Space, oil, fuel.

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How much damage could a stray firework do to a passenger plane fuselage?

It's Bonfire Night here in the UK tomorrow, a time when there are lots of stray fireworks in the sky. This fact, coinciding as it does with my flying off on holiday for a few days, prompted me to wonder just how much damage would be done if my plane was hit by a wandering firework - during takeoff of course, when the plane is at a low enough altitude to be hit.

Cheery thoughts!

Kat

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Asked by KatLastWordHost
on 2010-11-04 14:05:30

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Categories: Transport.

Tags: aeroplane, fireworks.

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If you fall and break your neck and back - do you know you are dead? I want to know if my Dad had any last thoughts..... Its been 2 years and I'm not going to be upset - I just need to know. Thanks!
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Asked by KaterinaChristoforou
on 2010-10-19 00:35:35

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Categories: Human Body, Our universe, Planet Earth, Weather , Animals, Plants, Environment, Transport, Technology, Unanswered.

Tags: humanbody.

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What is the furthest possible distnace in which you can expect a rescue? Theoretically what is the furthest away you can be from anywhere and still expect some kind of rescue if you are in trouble?
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Asked by Valitaine
on 2010-10-15 23:20:31

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Categories: Transport.

Tags: Thisisjustspeakingtheoretically.

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On lorries, trucks and buses, the hubs are a mixture of concave and convex. Why?
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Asked by Robert1&
on 2010-09-24 12:08:51

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Categories: Transport.

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If a car is a Faraday's Cage, and you are safe from lightning inside, why do mobile phones have signal inside the car?
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Asked by alexjironkin
on 2010-08-23 14:51:38

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Categories: Transport.

Tags: physics, car, phone, Electromagneticfield.

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When trains go through tunnels, the windows form an almost perfect mirror and my ears pop. Why?
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Asked by LaexD
on 2010-08-20 18:19:55