<VV> Re: Saturn Sky HUMOR NO CORVAIR

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

How come it doesn't get squashed with 56 tons on its roof ?  My roof dents 
when I put a bag of groceries on it !!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norman C. Witte" <ncwitte at wittelaw.com>
To: "'Ken Campbell'" <deltainc at grm.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: <VV> Re: Saturn Sky HUMOR NO CORVAIR


> Ken, according to Wikipedia, the correct factor for atmospheric pressure 
> is
> 14.6959487755134 pounds-force per square inch (psi), so I think we can
> safely round to my 14.7 but the unit mistake I made was much more serious.
> Now if we multiply the 161.1 inch length by the 74.1 inch width, we get
> 111,937.51 square inches of surface area, times our 14.7 psi, we get 
> 175,433
> pounds as the weight of the sky.  Subtracting the 2,933 GM version we are
> now at 172,500 lbs. even.  So I guess it's pretty underweight, if you look
> at the issue in a vacuum.
>
> Norm
>
> P.S. Send me a bill.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ken Campbell [mailto:deltainc at grm.net]
>> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:58 PM
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Saturn Sky HUMOR NO CORVAIR
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Norm Witte" <norman.witte at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Saturn Sky HUMOR NO CORVAIR
>>
>>
>> > Well, it seems awfully light for a planet....
>> >
>> > So I calculated it for a sky.  The Saturn Sky is 161.1 inches by 71.4
>> inches, which gives a total surface area of 79.87875 square feet.  I may
>> be
>> rusty here but from my high school science class I seem to recall that a
>> column of air one foot square weights 14.7 lbs., give or take for
>> barometric
>> pressure,>
>> > Ask Doctor Science!
>> > Norm Witte
>> ******
>> Hey Norm .. heh heh, the pressure at sea level is 15 lbs per SQUARE INCH
>> ....   so the Sky would weigh ( 15 x 80 x 144 ) lbs too much.
>>
>> So for a really good dirty trick, if you removed all the air from the top
>> of
>> someones little sky , it would take off straight up ....  at a very rapid
>> rate and be out of sight in about 4 seconds ....
>> .
>> Which means it would accelerate straight up much much faster than your
>> turbo
>> vair will accelerate downhill .. (g) .....
>>
>> This also explains why bald men like to wear hats ... if the air flow 
>> over
>> the male bald head reaches a critical velocity, the pressure differential
>> will cause the victim to be carried away into the atmosphere, causing 
>> said
>> victim to be late for dinner and other important results
>>
>> Orange you glad you brought this up??
>>
>> glad to be of help... ken campbell, deltawerkes.
>>
>>
>>
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