Ask a Flat Earth Theorist Anything

HHunter · « **Reply #60 on:** March 09, 2014, 04:41:17 PM »

How would one see his reflection in water if water does not reflect?

Thork · « **Reply #61 on:** March 09, 2014, 06:38:48 PM »

I don't see the reflected light scattering and going back the way it came.

HHunter · « **Reply #62 on:** March 09, 2014, 07:13:23 PM »

Demonstration showing light scattering in different directions. The pictures are taken from different angles.

Rama Set · « **Reply #63 on:** March 09, 2014, 10:32:25 PM »

How can a commercial airliner travel from Auckland to Santiago, a distance predicted to be 14,772 miles using Thork's method of distance calculation on a FE, in approximately 12.25hrs?

Thork · « **Reply #64 on:** March 09, 2014, 11:10:57 PM »

Quote from: Rama Set on March 09, 2014, 10:32:25 PM

How can a commercial airliner travel from Auckland to Santiago, a distance predicted to be 14,772 miles using Thork's method of distance calculation on a FE, in approximately 12.25hrs?

Please find me a non-stop flight from Auckland to Santiago as an example so I can check the flight time.

I don't see anything under 29 hours.
http://www.expedia.co.uk/Flight-Search-All?action=FlightSearchAll@searchFlights&origref=www.expedia.co.uk%2FFlight-Search-All&inpFlightRouteType=2&inpDepartureLocations=Auckland%2C+New+Zealand+%28AKL-Auckland+Intl.%29&inpArrivalLocations=Santiago%2C+Chile+%28SCL-Arturo+Merino+Benitez%29&inpDepartureDates=10%2F03%2F2014&inpArrivalDates=23%2F03%2F2014&inpAdultCounts=1&inpChildCounts=0&inpChildAges=-1&inpChildAges=-1&inpChildAges=-1&inpChildAges=-1&inpChildAges=-1&inpInfants=2&inpFlightAirlinePreference=&inpFlightClass=3

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Rama Set · « **Reply #65 on:** March 09, 2014, 11:54:45 PM »

Quote from: Thork on March 09, 2014, 11:10:57 PM

Quote from: Rama Set on March 09, 2014, 10:32:25 PM
How can a commercial airliner travel from Auckland to Santiago, a distance predicted to be 14,772 miles using Thork's method of distance calculation on a FE, in approximately 12.25hrs?
Please find me a non-stop flight from Auckland to Santiago as an example so I can check the flight time.

I don't see anything under 29 hours.
http://www.expedia.co.uk/Flight-Search-All?action=FlightSearchAll@searchFlights&origref=www.expedia.co.uk%2FFlight-Search-All&inpFlightRouteType=2&inpDepartureLocations=Auckland%2C+New+Zealand+%28AKL-Auckland+Intl.%29&inpArrivalLocations=Santiago%2C+Chile+%28SCL-Arturo+Merino+Benitez%29&inpDepartureDates=10%2F03%2F2014&inpArrivalDates=23%2F03%2F2014&inpAdultCounts=1&inpChildCounts=0&inpChildAges=-1&inpChildAges=-1&inpChildAges=-1&inpChildAges=-1&inpChildAges=-1&inpInfants=2&inpFlightAirlinePreference=&inpFlightClass=3

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LAN airlines flight LA 321 does Auckland to Santiago in 11.5hrs

https://www.expedia.co.nz/m/flights#departure?maxOfferCount=1500&lccAndMerchantFareCheckoutAllowed=TRUE&numberOfAdultTravelers=1&tripType=roundtrip&departureDate=2014-03-12&lang=3081&needUTF8Decode=true&DestName=SCL&returnDate=2014-03-22&ToTime=362&FromTime=362&arrivalAirport=SCL&NumChild=0&departureAirport=AKL&NumSenior=0

Thork · « **Reply #66 on:** March 10, 2014, 12:13:00 AM »

14,700 km in 11.5 hours is 792 mph.

You've the Jetstream in your favour.

Often 250 mph
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jet+stream

792-250=542mph. About the cruising speed of a 777. Flat earth comes up trumps again.

Alas, its bedtime. Night all.

Rama Set · « **Reply #67 on:** March 10, 2014, 12:15:07 AM »

Quote from: Thork on March 10, 2014, 12:13:00 AM

14,700 km in 11.5 hours is 792 mph.

You've the Jetstream in your favour.

Often 250 mph
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jet+stream

792-250=542mph. About the cruising speed of a 777. Flat earth comes up trumps again.

Quote from: Rama Set on March 09, 2014, 10:32:25 PM

How can a commercial airliner travel from Auckland to Santiago, a distance predicted to be 14,772 miles using Thork's method of distance calculation on a FE, in approximately 12.25hrs?

Sorry I said it was miles. You have not won yet.

Thork · « **Reply #68 on:** March 10, 2014, 12:15:39 AM »

Then you calculated incorrectly.

Rama Set · « **Reply #69 on:** March 10, 2014, 12:22:29 AM »

Nope:

Auckland is at 37S 175E (rounding to the nearest degree)
Santiago is 33S 71W

That leaves 114 degrees between them. The auckland side is 7620 nautical miles, the sanitago side is 7380 nautical miles leaving... 12,600 nautical miles between them.

http://ostermiller.org/calc/triangle.html

Which is actually 14,500 miles.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=nautical+miles+to+kms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=gQUdU8_OKoLM8gfwsYGQDQ

HHunter · « **Reply #70 on:** March 10, 2014, 10:55:37 PM »

Quote from: Thork on March 09, 2014, 06:38:48 PM

I don't see the reflected light scattering and going back the way it came.

Please explain how weather radar functions accurately if the principle through which it functions does not work?

Rama Set · « **Reply #71 on:** March 12, 2014, 10:09:12 PM »

Quote from: Rama Set on March 10, 2014, 12:22:29 AM

Nope:

Auckland is at 37S 175E (rounding to the nearest degree)
Santiago is 33S 71W

That leaves 114 degrees between them. The auckland side is 7620 nautical miles, the sanitago side is 7380 nautical miles leaving... 12,600 nautical miles between them.

http://ostermiller.org/calc/triangle.html

Which is actually 14,500 miles.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=nautical+miles+to+kms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=gQUdU8_OKoLM8gfwsYGQDQ

Now that it has been established that my calculation was not in error, can anyone offer a plausible answer to how a commercial flight can fly from Auckland to Santiago in 11.5hrs?

Rama Set · « **Reply #72 on:** March 16, 2014, 11:13:26 PM »

Does Thork or anyone else have an answer to offer to my question or can I conclude that the method of calculating distances still needs some work?

jroa · « **Reply #73 on:** March 18, 2014, 07:04:41 AM »

I have not measured these distances, so I can not say for sure if you are correct. Have you?

Rama Set · « **Reply #74 on:** March 18, 2014, 11:07:21 AM »

I know this is your default position but perhaps you should direct this at Thork? I was just following his FE measuring system.

rooster · « **Reply #75 on:** March 18, 2014, 01:24:33 PM »

What happened to Tintagel?

Tintagel · « **Reply #76 on:** March 20, 2014, 02:04:44 PM »

Quote from: rooster on March 18, 2014, 01:24:33 PM

What happened to Tintagel?

Tintagel is in tech for a show which opens this weekend and free time has vanished. I'll be back next week, but I do still read. I just don't have a great deal of time to respond.

Yaakov ben Avraham · « **Reply #77 on:** March 28, 2014, 12:55:00 AM »

Ok, I've got a question. In N. America, shortwave from 3.2 MHz to 8 MHz works best @ night in Spring & Summer, w/ 9 MHz to 22 MHz working better during the day. The reverse is true in the Fall & Winter. On a RE, this is explained by the tilt of the Earth on its axis & its rotation. How do FEers explain this?

inquisitive · « **Reply #78 on:** March 28, 2014, 01:06:24 PM »

Quote from: jroa on March 18, 2014, 07:04:41 AM

I have not measured these distances, so I can not say for sure if you are correct. Have you?

So what have you done, other than to quote a 130 year old book, which may be fiction and not fact?

jroa · « **Reply #79 on:** March 28, 2014, 08:26:03 PM »

Quote from: Yaakov ben Avraham on March 28, 2014, 12:55:00 AM

Ok, I've got a question. In N. America, shortwave from 3.2 MHz to 8 MHz works best @ night in Spring & Summer, w/ 9 MHz to 22 MHz working better during the day. The reverse is true in the Fall & Winter. On a RE, this is explained by the tilt of the Earth on its axis & its rotation. How do FEers explain this?

What are you talking about? Ionospheric bounce? Please clarify yourself.