Will that unbalance the flight of a plane?
2007-02-10 11:20:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
No. The Mythbusters took this on and disproved it.
2007-02-10 11:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Mythbusters did it with a helicopter and it had no effect on the main rotor, when applied to the tail rotor it causes 1/1000th of an inch per second drift according to instruments. About 150/1000 is normal so 1/1000 wasn't even noticeable by the pilot.
2007-02-10 21:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by J P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I assume your talking about the propeller blade. The weight of the stamp will unbalance the propeller, but I doubt that it would be perceptible to the aircraft occupants
2007-02-13 17:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by al b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
atually, they did this on a helicopter rotor blade, but basically its the same thing. a helicopter rotor blade does the same job as the wing on a plane, it just moves, where an airplane wing does not move.and the postage stamp did nothing to disrupt the flight.
2007-02-10 19:35:58 · answer #4 · answered by gearhead_35k 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it takes more mass than that to upset the balance. When we "dress" our prop blades, that is file the nicks out, we remove more mass than a postage stamp's worth. Think of it in terms of total blade mass versus the amount of mass in the stamp.
2007-02-10 20:52:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No because it is too light. If you take a pice from a propellor or ad something on then it would be un balanced
2007-02-11 07:50:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting, next time i'll try it on a plane and give u the answer, if i could!
2007-02-11 02:10:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋