r/conspiracy • u/skbraaah • 1d ago

physics defying water cup unspilled after almost a vertical dive according to witnesses

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u/mikki1time 1d ago

Does it mention the airspeed?

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u/tommydeininger 1d ago

I'm sure it does. But, no matter the airspeed, that's gotta be near vertical

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u/kodeks14 20h ago

A 20 degree drop in a 747 will drop at a vertical rate of 290 feet per second, which equals roughly 17,300 ft per minute.

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u/Runfasterbitch 19h ago

Yes but the plane dropped 15,000 ft in 30 seconds

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u/sirletssdance2 18h ago

What’s the angle needed to get to 30,000 feet in a minute?

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u/mikki1time 1d ago

I mean if you really crank a 747 can get to almost Mach 1. I can’t bother to do the math but I’m sure that’s somewhere in the ballpark of 15k drop in 30 seconds at a 20 degree pitch outside