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Funny Pic Thread (Episode III: Revenge of the ****)
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Oh no, what have I done?! 
The images are both fakes. It would be ridiculous to even build an airplane like the ones I posted. The engine would be horribly uneconomical, passenger capacity would be reduced, etc. The blue KLM aircraft (a Boeing 777) can fly well with only one active engine, and there is no need for a massive one in the fuselage.
Boring stuff aside, some of those replies to my pics were hilarious
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The images are both fakes. It would be ridiculous to even build an airplane like the ones I posted. The engine would be horribly uneconomical, passenger capacity would be reduced, etc. The blue KLM aircraft (a Boeing 777) can fly well with only one active engine, and there is no need for a massive one in the fuselage.
The wings support the entire weight of an aircraft. Without going into too much detail, they're usually the only parts of the plane that generate lift, so all other parts of the plane (fuselage, engines, etc.) are dead weight and create drag. If the wings were strong enough and the weight of the plane was balanced correctly, it would fly.
Boring stuff aside, some of those replies to my pics were hilarious
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As 91hondawagon meantioned the wings lift the whole plane, plus in most cases the engines are providing thrust directly against the wings (pod mounted engines) aswell as the immense weight of the fuel the wings are full of on takeoff for a long flight.
The Second white plane in the photochops is a MD11, which actually has two pod mounted engines (aswell as the center engine in the vertical stabilizer) which have been edited out.
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The wings support the entire weight of an aircraft. Without going into too much detail, they're usually the only parts of the plane that generate lift, so all other parts of the plane (fuselage, engines, etc.) are dead weight and create drag. If the wings were strong enough and the weight of the plane was balanced correctly, it would fly.
Boring stuff aside, some of those replies to my pics were hilarious
Wow, now that I look at it that way it DOES sound pretty obvious as it's something the wings do already, if there weren't even more ridiculous questions mine would look totally silly
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Please, please, PLEASE drop this fool when we move to the BBC...
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Two things, Alex. First off, Danoff's post was, at least in my demented mind, regarding boobs, not planes. Secondly, text isn't the best at indicating tone. When coupled with the proper smilie, the true feeling is able to then shine through, albeit usually taken a different way then the poster was intending. [/snobbish post]
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!!The fifth is my favorite.
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Hmm let me see...KITT hit a Bald Eagle and is now being sued by the EPA?
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Fiziks.
So much wrong with that. Those should be moments, not forces. And the two should balance out so that the cat lands on it's rear. Plus, gravity should be represented, and I don't see an assumption to neglect drag, so that has to be modeled as well. Then there should be a conclusion to the FBD:
Sum of forces in the X direction = 0 = M * Ax
Sum of forces in the Y direction = D - Mg = M * Ay
Sum of Moments about the center of Mass = Mtoast - MCat = I * alpha = 0
Duh!
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