# Helicopter vs. Spinning Platform

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 31, 2008, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726 "2008-01-31T09:27:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/1 "2008-01-31T09:27:44Z")

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If a helicopter is placed on a spinning platform which spins at the same RPM but opposite direction of the helicopter’s main rotor…Does the helicopter take off?

:lol:

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### Author: ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/2 "2008-01-31T09:28:51Z")

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haa haaa haaa haaa haaa haa haaaaaaaaaaaaa

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### Author: ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/3 "2008-01-31T09:34:23Z")

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Nothing will ever take off if everything is moving and the Earth stops spinning.

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### Author: ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/4 "2008-01-31T09:34:42Z")

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No because the pilot vomits uncontrollable at the controls and blacks out.

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### Author: ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/5 "2008-01-31T09:49:36Z")

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send it to mythbusters.

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### Author: ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/6 "2008-01-31T09:51:29Z")

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> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> Nothing will ever take off if everything is moving and the Earth stops spinning.

It will actually reverse the spin of the earth, cause all planes to not take off, instead the conveyors will.

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### Author: ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/7 "2008-01-31T09:53:47Z")

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it will actually drill a hole downward to the center of the earth

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### Author: ![Devioustsi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/devioustsi/32/7406_2.png) [@Devioustsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Devioustsi)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/8 "2008-01-31T09:56:55Z")

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You would have to bolt/weld/strap/brace the heli to the platform and then the heli would have to generate lift for heli and platform… so no. Send it to mythbusters.

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### Author: ![Boomin99GT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boomin99gt/32/7306_2.png) [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/9 "2008-01-31T10:09:14Z")

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I just got really dizzy picturing that set up.

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### Author: ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/10 "2008-01-31T10:11:50Z")

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the helicopters engine would have to spin twice as fast for the helicopter to lift off. this is not taking into account air disruptions caused by the rotation of the helicopter body.

Also: LOL.

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### Author: ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/11 "2008-01-31T10:13:50Z")

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jeez this was posted on the dodge forums hours earlier, zong i expect quicker thinking out of you than dodge truck owners… :tdown:

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### Author: ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/12 "2008-01-31T10:32:07Z")

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![http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa218/chino_sti/fanboat.jpg](http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa218/chino_sti/fanboat.jpg)

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### Author: ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/13 "2008-01-31T10:36:17Z")

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AMAZING. I have to reuse this once again because it sums it up exactly for me.

 ![http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c272/smi-o/New%20pix/LOLD.jpg](http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c272/smi-o/New%20pix/LOLD.jpg)

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### Author: ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/14 "2008-01-31T10:37:47Z")

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LOL

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### Author: ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/15 "2008-01-31T10:42:01Z")

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![http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa218/chino_sti/ups-charge-self.jpg](http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa218/chino_sti/ups-charge-self.jpg)

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### Author: ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/16 "2008-01-31T10:46:47Z")

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^Where does the electricity in an extension cord go when you unplug it?

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### Author: ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/17 "2008-01-31T10:52:33Z")

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into the conveyor belt

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### Author: ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/18 "2008-01-31T10:56:06Z")

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HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!

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### Author: ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/19 "2008-01-31T11:09:01Z")

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Alright, this is getting stupid.

 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/zg326/newlyweds.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/zg326/newlyweds.jpg)

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### Author: ![TRP951](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@TRP951](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TRP951)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/20 "2008-01-31T11:10:56Z")

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🤣

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