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07/19/2007 09:17:28 PM · #1 |
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07/19/2007 09:45:03 PM · #2 |
| lol, nifty yes, but it's pissing me off with my laptop touch pad hah |
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07/19/2007 09:45:38 PM · #3 |
very cool - not very good at it but it sure is fun - best so far is 94 feet...
Message edited by author 2007-07-19 22:06:28. |
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07/19/2007 09:51:34 PM · #4 |
| can't beat 124.7m, bout my limit |
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07/19/2007 10:04:19 PM · #5 |
We had a paper plane throwing competition at our high school (20 years ago), hosted by the physics department. The competition was school wide, with many varying entries from all ages, from simple planes, through to hopelessly over-engineered flops.
On entrant wrapped a ball of paper entirely in sticky tape to make a big solid ball, which he threw a VERY long way, but was disqualified. The rules was that it had to be made of paper, and sticky tape was allowed to stick it together, but they felt this entry violated the intent of the special sticky tape exemption, with the ball being more tape than paper. (another entry had the same idea, but used a rock inside, so that was definitely disqualified)
However, another entry was made entirely of paper, and was also disqualified. Someone entered a very tiny scrap of tissue paper. They lauched it from the start, and it floated up, over the buildings, way outside the range of other entries, and was never seen again. As it couldn't be measured, it was also disqualified. I was very disappointed at this. Someone thought outside the box, got lucky with wind conditions on the day, met all the rules, totally exceeded the challenge, and was disqualified for it, because the landing couldn't be measured.
Ah well. :)
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07/19/2007 10:19:04 PM · #6 |
Surfdabbler, that reminds me of an old story about a physics class that was asked how to use a barometer to measure the height of a very tall building.
The "right" answer was to make air pressure measurements at top and bottom and, using standard assumptions about how pressure falls with altitude, calculate the height. But there are loads of other answers. My favorite was to knock on the door of the building manager and offer him a nice new barometer if he tells you the building's height. :)
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07/19/2007 10:20:12 PM · #7 |
| toopid ceiling fan... muttergrumble :P |
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07/19/2007 10:21:26 PM · #8 |
141 metres. I was trying for ages to get out the side window, because the end thing is actually a TV, not a window. :)
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07/19/2007 10:24:42 PM · #9 |
| I keep hitting the dumb wall, grrrrr |
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07/19/2007 10:25:11 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Surfdabbler, that reminds me of an old story about a physics class that was asked how to use a barometer to measure the height of a very tall building. |
Yes, I remember that. Another method was to measure shadows, and multiply the barometer's height by the shadow ratios. Or, drop the barometer off the top, and time how long it takes to fall to the bottom.
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07/19/2007 10:33:13 PM · #11 |
127 after a bazillion tries!
Tip: the plane will do the opposite of the initial tilt. So move it slightly down as you go to the right and the plane will climb.
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07/19/2007 10:42:17 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
127 after a bazillion tries! Tip: the plane will do the opposite of the initial tilt. So move it slightly down as you go to the right and the plane will climb. |
If the plane loops outside the window, it slows down, and the 120s is the limit. However if you can throw it hard and not loop it, then it can keep it's speed, and get over the first few clouds, although there's a big cloud there that I still can't get over, and it kills the speed every time. If I can get over that, I think it will go further than 141. :)
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07/19/2007 10:48:33 PM · #13 |
ugh I can't get more than two of those circle thingies, it's okay though, I have to wait till 11:10 for my challenge score to be updated anyway (not a member yet)
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07/19/2007 10:49:21 PM · #14 |
| Best I could get was 136.57 |
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07/19/2007 10:52:00 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Best I could get was 136.57 |
136.57?!?!?!?
I only got a 46.something! And I played for about 15 minutes!
I suck! or...maybe it's the laptop.
ahem. yeah. the laptop. that must be it... |
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07/19/2007 10:53:00 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Best I could get was 136.57 |
finally i've got something to beat mr scalvert! i got 138.987 :)
update: 143.948 :p
Message edited by author 2007-07-20 02:13:37. |
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07/19/2007 10:59:26 PM · #17 |
| Time to retire on 141.798. I'll check the scoreboard again when I get back from lunch to see how you are going. You know what they say, everyone's a winner in paper plane throwing. There are no losers...that is, except for all you guys who I beat. :) |
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07/19/2007 11:05:19 PM · #18 |
| i quit (for now) on 153, holy crap it's pissing me off. lol |
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07/19/2007 11:44:41 PM · #19 |
| 147.781. Can't reach the 150s though. Well done! |
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07/20/2007 12:18:27 AM · #20 |
Hey, the first time I did it, it started inside a house. Now it's starting inside an office. On my second try, I managed to do two loops and 41.984m. Now I did 3 loops and 110.173m.
Message edited by author 2007-07-20 00:23:19.
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07/20/2007 04:27:07 AM · #21 |
I bought some origami paper that you can fold to make paper aeroplanes, as they're printed on the paper. I haven't made any of them as they're a gift for a nephew or someone.
But, yeah, any chance I get:
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07/20/2007 04:43:47 AM · #22 |
90.98 throw it straight
Message edited by author 2007-07-20 05:01:19. |
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07/20/2007 04:55:09 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by goodman:
74.411m throw it straight |
it either lands on the fan, or hits the flower on the floor when i do that! |
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07/20/2007 05:06:52 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by nixter:
This is nifty!! : ) |
hey, did they just changed the interface?
instead of the xbox background, now it's a flight simulator background! |
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07/20/2007 05:20:27 AM · #25 |
nope always has been dorissssssssss,
there is a way to cheat, i havent tried it, move the plane back as far as it can go, then move the mouse outside of the box to where you want it to go.
haha
i must be bored |
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