IT-Awareness, Fabian Lucchi 
paulmy life:
Will (old/moving to beige)@amiserabilist that’s so cool. Can you get two flying cockpit to cockpit like the scene in Top Gun?
i get the feeling it only works upside down for some reason.
and there is only one sweet spot.
i have not reasoning behind this.
just a hunch.
@amiserabilist lots of interesting stuff (MOMA installation and A320s having built-in fans) I should sign up for Reddit. Thanks.
Matt Wilcox@amiserabilist Well, don't _string_ it out, what's the answer! What _line_ can I get you on to provide wisdom! Are you _fishing_ for me to maybe to _wire_ some money to you?!
[edit: can’t believe I missed a “suspense” pun. For shame.] @wilpercy
i get the feeling you are hinting at something but i am not quite getting it.
Paper plane between two fans - is this possible?
@Dmitry Brant
Intuitively, it seems entirely possible.
The "shape" of the air current blown out by both fans looks like a hollow cylinder, since the air is blown at high velocity near the ends of the blades, and lower velocity towards the center.
If you put two of these fans facing each other, the two "cylinders" of air current will collide with each other and create a "toroid" of positive pressure, in which you can suspend a light object, which is exactly what's observed in the video.
The "pressure toroid" is probably not stable (the slightest random motion of the object will lead to faster and faster motion out of the toroid), and this is also observed in the video.
I would assume that both fans should be spinning at equal RPM, if we want the point of equilibrium to be in the midpoint between the fans.
In mathematics, a toroid is a surface of revolution with a hole in the middle. The axis of revolution passes through the hole and so does not intersect the surface.[1] For example, when a rectangle is rotated around an axis parallel to one of its edges, then a hollow rectangle-section ring is produced. If the revolved figure is a circle, then the object is called a torus.
@PhoneixS
I disagree with @Dmitry's answer. Although in the border the air has more speed it still has velocity in the middle and when the two "cylinders" of air collide the would create turbulence that would make it impossible to create a toroid. And if you managed to get a toroid with positive pressure it should be the same above and below the plane (as it would be a cylinder it should be symmetric) and then there wouldn't be a net force to counter gravity.
Apart from that, the video has a low resolution, the plane always pivots around the same point (like hanging from a wire), it goes near one of the fans with a no perfect aligned axis which should make it shake a lot and "fly" away. So, in my opinion, the video is fake.
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/31739/paper-plane-between-two-fans-is-this-possible
plane is on a string
plane is in a toroid
Poll ended at .
Splinux 
@amiserabilist @wilpercy wait a minute i ask my bff in aerospace engineering...
@amiserabilist @wilpercy nevermind i saw the line with the turning fan when u placed it. 😮💨
@amiserabilist @wilpercy i am being officially made fun of on my group... fek
ticho@amiserabilist You have two fans who won't let you down? Nice! 👍
Just AnnieAw. 
💕 I wish I said that.
@amiserabilist @LikeItOrLumpIt Oh, I love this particular meme image, and have always thought it was under-used. Thanks for that! :)
Wilfried Klaebe@ticho Will they also never give you up? Never turn around and hurt you?
@wonka @amiserabilist Well, you know the rules, and so do I.
Bruce Heerssen@amiserabilist
I wonder how long it took to get that to work
I wonder how long it took to get that to work
rdm@amiserabilist
@leece took one look at this, explained it, and then said "Seeing 'Now You See Me' has ruined me."
@leece took one look at this, explained it, and then said "Seeing 'Now You See Me' has ruined me."
rich@amiserabilist unfortunately fake. He puts it on a wire suspended between the two fans (hence the upside down beginning, to slide it on the wire). He then presses double sided tape to keep it in place. You can see the tail and the front moving synchronously.
@amiserabilist 😂I didn't mean that! 😅😅😊👍
wendivibe@rich @amiserabilist Booooo! Oh well, I was fooled.
@wendinoakland @amiserabilist me too for a while😅
Linuxine@amiserabilist very good choice of music 👍 😜
Vieil Ogre@amiserabilist Science 🤯
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 we are not sure it is real.
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/31739/paper-plane-between-two-fans-is-this-possible
Matt Godden
Monty Python - Flying Lessons (full scene)
Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel@amiserabilist It’s a stasis. Could be loads worse. 😻
as i was telling @Kierkegaanks, i am recovering from a heavy weekend and will be back to my normal cheery self soon.
"It's not the destination, it's the journey"
"the journey":
@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks Excessive liquefaction? Aspirin, paracetamol, water, sleep. ❤️🩹
i would happily be put in stasis.
hermit time again.
yeah, i need to go to the shop.
these are a good idea but we don't have them in aberdeen:
THE CLASSIC £175
A pH balanced and electrolyte-rich solution. This drip uses the most premium isotonic salt solution available.
Call out charges APPLY: 09:30 – 17:30 DAILY
Out of hours charges on request.
London Zone 1: £75
London Zone 2: £100
London Zone 3: £125
London Zone 4: £150
London Zone 5: £175
London Zone 6: £200
Outside London by arrangement
https://www.thelondongeneralpractice.com/iv-drip-therapy/
what a racket.
costs £7 (plus £4 for the cannula and giving set).
i wouldn't do it anyway as i hate needles.
@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks Get some electrolyte-added type beverage, water if possible? Hydration is probably important. And maybe food. You have a Boots in walking (crawling) distance? Cheese is highish protein. ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks Feeling useless, hoping to help.
Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪@amiserabilist @wendinoakland @Kierkegaanks
Being a buttinsky...
Unfiltered Wheat beer/Hefeweißen has electrolytes, carbs, and sugars, and makes a great sport/refreshment drink. Not Pilsner or Lager! Best served cold, tho opinions vary. I find it delicious and refreshing.
Just one, not half a dozen.
Disregard if you're 12-stepping it.
Stefan Weis
Knud JahnkeYour life? You mean you have at least 2 big fans? Doesn't sound that bad.
Mx Verda@amiserabilist magic bullshit, what the fuck. Am (bad at) physics grad, can confirm.
Martin S.@amiserabilist there is a tiny string.
Thomas Brand@amiserabilist this is the Top Gun sequel Tom Cruise will be making from the nursing home.
Feyter@amiserabilist your life is on a string? That sounds very dramatic to me.
րուփեն, 4րդ բառը Րտառով սկսվող@amiserabilist drifting around 2 fans?
@amiserabilist Chariots of Fire - such an epic song!
Laurent Bercot@amiserabilist Chariots of Fire is good, but I was fully expecting the Top Gun Anthem and my disappointment is incommensurable.
@amiserabilist Great 😁
Now feel free to ignore me, but *this one* is what I was really thinking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbyoNrwA_Gk
TOP GUN Opening Theme Full Version (off vocal)
Irenes (many)@amiserabilist the music really makes it