# What will happen to THIS plane? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 13, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-this-plane/335433 "2005-12-13T17:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-this-plane/335433/21 "2005-12-14T09:06:33Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Good point. A 180 degree roll to the right means dropping the right wingtip and continuing that motion until the right wingtip is now the left wingtip. But wouldn’t the right wingtip still be the right wingtip, since it’s still to the pilot’s right? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-this-plane/335433/22 "2005-12-14T11:03:36Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > But wouldn’t the right wingtip still be the right wingtip, since it’s still to the pilot’s right? 😛 Not if we imagine that pilot is actually outside the plane, attached by a broomstick which has a swivel attachment to the tail of the plane allowing the plane to roll freely while the pilot stays upright :). ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-this-plane/335433/23 "2005-12-14T11:13:29Z")
The treadmill/airplane thread and this one, remind me of the definition of a camel: A horse designed by committee. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-this-plane/335433/24 "2005-12-14T15:20:32Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > I want to fly in this fixed wing aircraft that will carry me at 28 MPH. We are talking ‘gound effect’ aren’t we? There are a number of ultralights that can get down there - some can’t get much above it, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-this-plane/335433/25 "2005-12-14T15:56:14Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Please please please let this one stop sooner than the treadmill thread … No one has posted to the Treadmill thread for 3 hours. I think I killed it. Yea for me? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-this-plane/335433/26 "2005-12-18T00:49:31Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > I want to fly in this fixed wing aircraft that will carry me at 28 MPH. We are talking ‘gound effect’ aren’t we? Ultraights, Gus. Single-seat Quicksilver, Cobra, all those powered parasails… quite a bit of stuff can fly that slow. In fact, if I recall correctly, most parasails can’t fly that _fast_. I presume you have not had the pleasure…? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-this-plane/335433.md?page=1)