Erm... Thursday Thlash Thun?

February 20, 2003 1:04 AM

Lets go fly a kite, up to the... Oh... it's paper planes, but it's still addictive in a stupid kind of a way... And it's a day early. Sue me.
posted by twine42 (15 comments total)

[joke - please don't. Noooooooooooo!]

If you can beat 2 revolutions, do tell me how...
posted by twine42 at 1:05 AM on February 20, 2003

Spent too much time on this one. Fun link! 101 feet.
posted by Tacodog at 2:08 AM on February 20, 2003

twine42, try 90, 42 and the minimum value for the third one. Not sure what's happening, but it sure beats two loops. And what do you mean 'a day early' ? Today is my work-at-home day... Bring on the Flash!
posted by swordfishtrombones at 2:10 AM on February 20, 2003

try 42, 40, 2.

327.45 feet.
posted by aznblader at 2:22 AM on February 20, 2003

twine42, you can also try 44, 71, and 9. It does two loops and gets a little distance. Thanks for the pre-sleep fun.
posted by snez at 2:23 AM on February 20, 2003

make that 42, 39, 2.

336+ feet.
posted by aznblader at 2:26 AM on February 20, 2003

make that 42, 39, 2.

What the hell is going on there?
posted by twine42 at 5:18 AM on February 20, 2003

fun
posted by neuroshred at 7:13 AM on February 20, 2003

The controls still work while you're in flight! If you move quickly you can do some neat stuff (reverse the direction of your loop-da-loop).
posted by tiamat at 8:25 AM on February 20, 2003

47, 100, -17

5.2902 revolutions

44, 100, -17

- 23.9960 feet
posted by donpardo at 8:56 AM on February 20, 2003

The controls still work while you're in flight!

heh... 187ft over 23 seconds... never mind... ;)
posted by twine42 at 9:32 AM on February 20, 2003

Love this! Thanks a lot.
posted by riffola at 10:04 AM on February 20, 2003

extending on aznblader's nifty trick, try 17, 53, 2... 348+ feet. This is great!
posted by JParker at 12:22 AM on February 21, 2003

extending on tiamat's comment about working the controls in flight, I just got a distance of -2348.30. Yowza. (Launch vertical, max thrust, elevator at zero. When it hits maximum altitude - about 65 feet - quickly change the wing elevator to 10-15 degrees and move the plane's angle to zero and keep clicking on it to keep nudging the nose up. The plane flies backwards off the screen and goes and goes and goes.) Thank you twine42, it feels like Friday already. Hey, it is!
posted by JParker at 12:57 AM on February 21, 2003

extending on jparker's great trick, i just got 17776.1 feet. that's right, five digits. basically the same method... just click very fast...

damn.
posted by aznblader at 4:22 AM on February 21, 2003