The Serious Question Thread

That's a bit like asking are humans just million year old chimps :p :

Which would win in a dogfight?

a) Spitfire versus Mustang

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/uk...I/spitfire.jpg
http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51.../ww2/H.ww2.jpg

fight b) Eurofighter versus F-22

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/e...urofighter.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-22_2.jpg

Spitfire, beats every other plane.

Except the Eurofighter.

Which is beaten by a Ferrari F2004 ;)

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Originally Posted by Drew

Is Portuguese just medieval Spanish?

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No it isn't it is a different language with the same origin. Having said that it is fairly easy for both nations to understand each other language.

like English and American :p :

I have another couple of important questions.
1. Why do most trains and buses have vertical fronts? Surely if they were streamlined they'd be a lot more efficient!
2. Why, when you fall over, do you cut yourself but not make a hole in your clothes?

I need to know :D

1. Because the designers considered that the gain in fuel efficiency is not worth the loss of interior cabin space.
2. Because your clothes themselves, by scraping against your skin under pressure, inflict the injury.

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Originally Posted by Gannex

1. Because the designers considered that the gain in fuel efficiency is not worth the loss of interior cabin space.
2. Because your clothes themselves by scraping against your skin under pressure, inflict the injury.

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Thanks very much. I know it makes me sound stupid but hey, that's what this thread is all about!
It's a shame that the answer to question 1 is true, I mean they didn't give planes flat, vertical fronts now did they? :p :

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Originally Posted by Mp3 Astra

It's a shame that the answer to question 1 is true, I mean they didn't give planes flat, vertical fronts now did they? :p :

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That could be because no matter how cost effective it is, if you put a flat front on an aeroplane it won't fly ;)

Some trains habe streamlined fronts, Bullet Train, TGV, Pendalinno's even Mallard!!

http://www.burnsall.n-yorks.sch.uk/i...2003%20(4).jpg


P.S What is better?
i) Spitfire v Mustang
ii)Eurofighter Typhoon v F-22 Raptor

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Originally Posted by Mp3 Astra

Thanks very much. I know it makes me sound stupid but hey, that's what this thread is all about!
It's a shame that the answer to question 1 is true, I mean they didn't give planes flat, vertical fronts now did they? :p :

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Not exactly, no, but they do offer aircraft with varying degrees of slope to the front. For example, Cessna make a model 172, with a fairly upright windscreen, and also make a model 177, with the same engine, but a more sloping windscreen. The relatively flat-fronted 172 sells better, because, although its top speed and fuel efficiency are worse than the 177's, the cabin is more spacious. Buyers prefer the 172's space over the 177's efficiency and speed.

Every design is a compromise.