U.f.o's

[Dozy-Mare]

How good or bad is a disc shape for flying? We all know that frisbee's can go quite far but this is because they're thrown if a ufo it had an engine on it where would it go, and wouldn't it make the disc spin around hundreds of times a minute either making everyone on board violently ill or even kill them? Surely this alone should stop the belief in disc shaped ufo's, or are they really the most aerodynamic and best shape for intergalactic travel and us dumb humans just haven't found out the secret yet?

[squarebear]

There is no air in space to slow objects down. A UFO could be any shape and size.

If it was a disc spinning really quick, I would assume the inhabitants would be on the walls, in a kind of artificial centrifugal gravity.

[Dozy-Mare]

So for space travel the best design for speed would be a disc?

[squarebear]

No. Why do you say that?

[Ankou]

we tried......

http://www.daveswarbi...aircraft/flapjack.htm

[Count-A-Strong]

How many chimpanzees would it take to build a spacecraft.

[Dozy-Mare]

No im not saying that squarebear, i thought you was implying that.
Ankou have you got any knowledge about Aerodynamics? If so how good would that shape be for flying or even gliding?
Count no offence but there's a joke category if you click on "Phrases and Sayings"

[Dozy-Mare]

Oh go on then count, I don't know How many chimpanzees would it take to build a spacecraft?

[squarebear]

No I wasn't implying that at all. Quite the opposite.

There is no air in space to drag a vehicle and so it could be any shape or size.

[Count-A-Strong]

Squarebear said 'There is no air in space to slow objects down. A UFO could be any shape and size'

There was nothing 'implied'. Just facts.

Noth - Irony is lost on some people innit.

[Dozy-Mare]

Ok squarebear, im trying to understand why do most people say they have seen a flying disc when this may not necessary be the best shape for space travel, also there's air here and maybe air on the aliens planet so its design would've had to take this into account.

[squarebear]

I would imagine the easiest way to provide artificial gravity would be to have a spinning section though. A bit like the water sticks to a bucket when you swirl it round your head.

This is assuming alien life relies on gravity.

[Dozy-Mare]

Sorry count still don't understand you as sometimes irony evades me hence the "Dozy" in my username.

[Count-A-Strong]

Not necessarily, they could be launched in space from a death-star like thingy. However, if they knew they were going to observe a planet which had an atmosphere and, more importantly, gravity then they may have designed the ships to be aerodynamic.

[squarebear]

This is due to people jumping on the bandwagon or just plain lieing.

Many people said that they saw alien beings creating crop circles and UFOs landing to make them. When it was proved that crop circles were a hoax, these people soon clammed up.

All liers or mistaken I'm afraid.

[squarebear]

I believe it was some airman called Kenneth something or over that spotted the first ufo. Within a few months, nearly everyone reckoned they had seen one! He said that if he saw a flying house nowadays, he wouldn't tell anyone.

[jake-the-peg]

You would be unlikely to want to build a spacecraft as a disc.

As you get towards a very high speed impacts from even the smallest grains of dust hit you with a very high energy.

This means that although you don't need aerodynamics in space some of the principles still apply in tems of shielding. I would tend to expect a long thin structure

[R1Geezer]

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[Dozy-Mare]

Jake long and thin? Seeing gravity doesn't affect us in space would you be able to do sharp turns without risking breakup of the craft?