This right there should put to bed any thought that this story is accurate. Not only would the day have been shot, but what happened would've spread like wildfire here in Utah.
- Doc
This right there should put to bed any thought that this story is accurate. Not only would the day have been shot, but what happened would've spread like wildfire here in Utah.
Dean Robbers,Gadianton wrote: Way up thread, I asked Dr. W about diving. He didn't respond -- maybe didn't see the question.
The problem with Russell M. Nelson's story is the "death spiral" dive. Tight turns, as in a spiral, require a high bank angle. At high bank angles the wings lose lift, making a twin engine aircraft with one operating engine difficult to control.DrW on Page 60 wrote: 6. In the Russell M. Nelson story the fire persists, fueled by both avgas and engine oil. The pilot decides to try putting out the fire by increasing airspeed as recommended in the Navajo Operating Manual. He enters a shallow straight ahead dive, while watching that his airspeed does not exceed a safe 180 - 190 kts. The fire is extinguished.
I am assuming we are only talking about the plausibility of some actual event occuring in which Nelson was on a plane and came away believing he was about to die compared to his making up the story from whole cloth.
No, it's not. I would venture to say that not one single opinion on this entire thread is as outrageously untrue as that paper. Such hyperbole is almost as meaningless as their final probability calculation.RI wrote: Your last database post is Joseph Smith Best Guesser Bad.
Lem wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 6:07 amNo, it's not. I would venture to say that not one single opinion on this entire thread is as outrageously untrue as that paper. Such hyperbole is almost as meaningless as their final probability calculation.RI wrote: Your last database post is Joseph Smith Best Guesser Bad.
RI,Physics Guy wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 9:44 amYeah, the odds of anyone coming up with something as wrong as the Dales just by chance are 1 in 10^80.
Wait. Doh!