Stay on the ground, guys


Hate to say it, but the guys are seriously out of their depth when they get involved with airplanes.

In the pilot (!) episode, the business of landing an airplane with a non-functional rudder is totally bogus. Yes, it can be done by selectively opening and closing the doors; and yes, it can also be done without that foolishness. It's entirely possible, not even very difficult, to control heading with aileron control only. The landing won't be very neat looking, it will probably be a bit Chinese (one wing low), and you might take a little rubber off the tires, but so what?

In the latest ep, they totally fail to explain what's going on. They claim the airplane is doing a barrel roll -- which it is -- and then animate it as pivoting on its roll axis, which does NOT describe a barrel roll. A barrel roll is actually a horizontal spiral, which keeps the liquid pouring into the glass in PRECISELY the same manner as swinging a bucket of water over your head.

And they described the airplane as a "T-28C WW2 fighter". Yes, no, no: it's a trainer built in the 1950's.

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*nods in agreement*

I like P & T, but this show's gotta end :(

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