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Originally Posted by MaxGunz
Because it is complete physics-violating BS to say that you can from within the plane press down and make the plane heavier. You are now in the realm of violating the 2nd Law of Motion in Grand Crank Style. The classic non-demo is a 150 lb man pulling his bootstraps with 160 lbs force and expecting to lift himself off the ground.
Pressing down on a block that you are not standing on does not apply to pressing down on a plane by any means within the plane. That does not include changing the controls that affect air flow (external to the plane) which does not change the weight of the plane regardless.
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You don't seem to show much understanding either: Since the engine is obviously grabbing a huge volume of air (hundreds of tons of curving high-speed air, while itself with a contrarian "inner" passive desire to go straight, I might add), where does your restriction stand that the applied force must come entirely from within the aircraft?
I dare say my analogy of pressing down on a flying block with a lever while standing was more apt...
In your view, the aircraft can operate without an environment... This is what spaceships do... They have
space around them: That's why they are called spaceships: And the maneuvers they do do indeed come entirely from within...
But this is not how aircrafts work...
Gaston