"There seems to be one way traffic here - SUPERMMM asks questions, gets an honest answer as far as the responders can. The answer then appears to be ignored when it is contrary to supermmm's fixation that this can all be worked out by simple physics and a few broad assumptions."
Which honest reasonable answers did I ignore? Facts please.
"He does not appear to have any basic aviation knowledge (difference between height and altitude? what a transponder does?) and yet persists in insisting that it is all a matter of "high school physics" - IT IS NOT."
I didn't pretend I know anything about aviation. That's the reason I am here. If you have problem with the analysis, presenting your opinion with arguement regarding the analysis, your calculation to prove that I am wrong, and your objective logical reasoning please.
It is not a high school physics, if you want high acuracy. All debris from New Baltimore and Indian Lake were light, simi light debris, not heavy debris, something like a bomb. For acuracy within the order of half mile, we are fine.
"It has been said by most responders that the position of debris on the ground CANNOT be used to calculate the flight path with any accuracy, if the aircraft is being violently manouevered then it is just not possible at all. Is he accepting this advice? "
If the debris found on the ground are heavy debris, if they were in fact thousands of pounds cylinders rotating at a high speed, then you can not base them to find flight path, I agree. But for light debris, isolatedly located, seperated by miles, how could them not be the indication of a flight path?
Even if the airplane is violently manouevered, how far a piece of paper, a pilot mannual could go? Maybe with wind. If they are scattered in an isolated area, doesn't that mean the plane passed there and droped them?
"We have asked supermmmm to demonstrate that this is untrue by giving two examples for him to calculate - both completely ignored. "
That's full of smoke. If you couldn't even argue with basic simple analysis at high school level, just find some irrelavent problems, why shouldn't I ignore them? If you have problem with the analysis, point out where is the problem and why, scientifically and numerically if possible, please.
Last edited by SUPERMNNN; 11th Aug 2006 at 08:16.