ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepahlimur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoIf those numbers are correct, that’s 40x the energy.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-228 days agorough approximation, but I did double check the numbers. ie we don’t know the exact weight of the bomber, but that’s its average laden weight, could be lighter without bombs in 2001 the second plane hit faster than the first and I believe the first is guessed from footage but the second is from the black box?
minus-squarebooly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days ago40x the kinetic energy. Now consider the chemical energy stored in sufficient fuel for a coast to coast flight of that weight and speed.
If those numbers are correct, that’s 40x the energy.
rough approximation, but I did double check the numbers.
ie we don’t know the exact weight of the bomber, but that’s its average laden weight, could be lighter without bombs
in 2001 the second plane hit faster than the first and I believe the first is guessed from footage but the second is from the black box?
40x the kinetic energy. Now consider the chemical energy stored in sufficient fuel for a coast to coast flight of that weight and speed.