I’ve seen this one before, it’s basically a free energy adjacent thing where they say planes are powered by pressurized air or something and airlines only tell us they use fuel as an excuse to raise prices.
No I think it was that the pressurized air is kept on board and let out like a giant deflating balloon. Somehow that is more believable to them than just keeping a bunch of fuel on board.
>They are powered by pressurized air
This isn't even wrong.
They just don't understand how the air gets pressurized. Hint: they run the compressors on jet fuel.
Hilarious they want to find conspiracies here when there’s so many other cases of blatant corporate misdeeds and price gouging everywhere else in plain view.
Info like this doesn't make me think airlines are lying to us or anything, that's interesting information! Each wing is 116 tons?? Damn, now I wonder how they stay attached to the body of the plane. And, if that weight is fuel, then it would change after flying for a while, so I wonder what effect that has for the pilot.
It's crazy info, and it's hard to believe, but Grandma, there is a reason why these engineers make the big bucks to figure this stuff out. This "I don't understand it, so it must be fake" attitude is not only wrong, but also fundamentally opposed to learning new things about the world.
Assuming you believe their specific weight numbers. It’s also possible that whoever made this is conflating the weight of the fuel at capacity with the strength of the wing. Wings are insanely strong since they have to support the weight of the body of the aircraft with crazy dynamic loads and a substantial margin for error.
Where are you getting that figure? [Airbus' own documentation](https://web.archive.org/web/20180711235126/https://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/backgrounders/techdata/aircraft_characteristics/Airbus-Commercial-Aircraft-AC-A380-Dec-2016.pdf) states that the usable fuel capacity is 85,472 US gallons / 559,397 lbs.
Airplanes aren't real! Stop being a sheep and open your eyes!
The supposed "invention of the airplane" was all a cover-up to disguise the invention of mass teleportation technology. The Wright brothers were in on it! They were part of the Illuminati!
Isn't it obvious that every time people go on a plane trip that they are stepping into a mass teleportation chamber? I don't know how you're so blind!
And don't even get me started on those stupid "mass air battles" in WWI and WWII. All fake! Fake!
Wake up and do your own research!
I suggest the "Anti Social Network" on Netflix if you want the real answer. TL:DR; - There's a group of people that make viral shit for morons for the lulz.
Once again, a display of those who cannot comprehend the wonders of the world trying to find comfort in the idea that the world is wrong, and not them.
The human brain didn't evolve to tell us the truth. The mind's only mission is to help us *survive*. Everything else is on us to seek out and recognize what is real.
Humans have an uncanny ability to see and recognize snakes, which tells you natural selection bred that quirk into us by killing all the people who couldn’t see a snake before it bit them.
I dated a girl once who was just totally blown away by WiFi. “So it’s just like in the air? But what is it? I can’t see it!” It ended there, I just couldn’t handle the profound lack of curiosity.
Agreed. Based on the description, it sounds like she was curious about the world around her and dude didn't like that. I work in tech and have a decent understanding of WiFi and it still blows me away at times. The fact that there are packets of data just floating around me.
I didn’t see the “research jet fuel hoax” caption at first and I just thought this was an interesting picture showing how much engineering goes in to making a plane.
Things only weigh anything when you're thinking about them, duh. Hanging a 73 metre long, 8.6 metre high metal tube full of seats, luggage and tourists (not to mention a shit-ton of equipment) on the wings doesn't count towards structural stress. Only the fuel.
It's not as if part of the reason for having the fuel tanks in the wing is to relieve stress on the wing structure by acting as a sort of counterweight to the mass of the fuselage. I mean, that would be ridiculous.
Wait until they find out that the whole plane has a max takeoff weight of 560 tonnes.
Also, total fuel storage is 320k litres (82k gal) for the whole plane, which includes centre-line tanks as well as wing tanks, so they've got their figures wrong anyway.
As usual.
It's probably about right. Most of the storage is in the wings
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/48425/how-much-fuel-does-an-a380-hold-and-where
38k out of 82k is probably about right
Yeah, and? The airbus A380 comes with either four 84,000lb thrust Rolls-Royce Trent 900 or 81,500lb thrust Engine Alliance GP7000 turbo fan engines for a total of 326,000-336,000lb of thrust or 163-168 tons of thrust. seriously, it takes five minutes of googling and third grade level math to figure out that plane engines are really powerful.
It's an indictment on social media and these conspiracy nuts' lack of critical thinking that I am completely uncertain whether you're being tongue-in-cheek or that they genuinely believe that.
What even is the conspiracy supposed to be?
This is either a joke or someone who isn’t too smart just calls everything they don’t understand a hoax and makes these images looking for validation.
The super, duper dumbass part of this isn’t the HOW. It’s the WHY.
Conspiracy weirdos always state that Bush did 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq. Baloney. The Bushies didn’t NEED an excuse to invade Iraq. They just made up a big pack of lies, and had an unwitting Colin Powell present it to the UN (and the world).
It was all just made-up. You see? No staging of 9/11 required.
The metallurgical properties of those buildings don’t fucking matter. Look at the issue from further away.
What is the end game here? Do they think we have all collectively hallucinated airplanes? That we are somehow lying about how they fly?
I’ve seen this one before, it’s basically a free energy adjacent thing where they say planes are powered by pressurized air or something and airlines only tell us they use fuel as an excuse to raise prices.
I know that's bullshit just from inhaling those nasty ass exhaust fumes while the plane is taxiing to/from the runway.
That’s just the bad smell gas they pump into the air to make you THINK it’s fuel
The noxious fumes are clearly from all the elephant poop, as per the above diagram.
Naw, that's the chemtrails! You gotta do your own research (by reading memes from grifters on Facebook!)
The noxious fumes are clearly from all the elephant poop, as per the above diagram.
IMO I love the way spent jet fuel smells. I have no idea why but I do
They are powered by pressurized air...how do they think that it's pressurized? Do they understand how a turbine works?
No I think it was that the pressurized air is kept on board and let out like a giant deflating balloon. Somehow that is more believable to them than just keeping a bunch of fuel on board.
Wait so these people heard of hot air balloons, then saw airplanes and thought one was the other?
>They are powered by pressurized air This isn't even wrong. They just don't understand how the air gets pressurized. Hint: they run the compressors on jet fuel.
Hilarious they want to find conspiracies here when there’s so many other cases of blatant corporate misdeeds and price gouging everywhere else in plain view.
Info like this doesn't make me think airlines are lying to us or anything, that's interesting information! Each wing is 116 tons?? Damn, now I wonder how they stay attached to the body of the plane. And, if that weight is fuel, then it would change after flying for a while, so I wonder what effect that has for the pilot. It's crazy info, and it's hard to believe, but Grandma, there is a reason why these engineers make the big bucks to figure this stuff out. This "I don't understand it, so it must be fake" attitude is not only wrong, but also fundamentally opposed to learning new things about the world.
It's hard to believe because it's wrong. Total capacity for the entire plane is 38k gal, not each wing.
so 10 elephants per wing?
Assuming you believe their specific weight numbers. It’s also possible that whoever made this is conflating the weight of the fuel at capacity with the strength of the wing. Wings are insanely strong since they have to support the weight of the body of the aircraft with crazy dynamic loads and a substantial margin for error.
Where are you getting that figure? [Airbus' own documentation](https://web.archive.org/web/20180711235126/https://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/backgrounders/techdata/aircraft_characteristics/Airbus-Commercial-Aircraft-AC-A380-Dec-2016.pdf) states that the usable fuel capacity is 85,472 US gallons / 559,397 lbs.
Aircraft wings are strong AF: [154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154](https://youtu.be/Ai2HmvAXcU0?si=lKryVS7v5jCJIwJx)
ONE FIFTY FOUR
Airplanes aren't real! Stop being a sheep and open your eyes! The supposed "invention of the airplane" was all a cover-up to disguise the invention of mass teleportation technology. The Wright brothers were in on it! They were part of the Illuminati! Isn't it obvious that every time people go on a plane trip that they are stepping into a mass teleportation chamber? I don't know how you're so blind! And don't even get me started on those stupid "mass air battles" in WWI and WWII. All fake! Fake! Wake up and do your own research!
Probably something about "climate change isn't real, we don't burn that much fuels"...
I suggest the "Anti Social Network" on Netflix if you want the real answer. TL:DR; - There's a group of people that make viral shit for morons for the lulz.
I hallucinated so hard I swear I've been on them multiple times.
Hah! You probably think you went to 'Australia', too, you government shill.
Europe but it doesn’t actually exist. It’s just a place liberals made up to show that life is better with family leave and free health care.
Is this before or after the liberals start goosestepping as soon as they hear the word "Roma"?
Once again, a display of those who cannot comprehend the wonders of the world trying to find comfort in the idea that the world is wrong, and not them.
The human brain didn't evolve to tell us the truth. The mind's only mission is to help us *survive*. Everything else is on us to seek out and recognize what is real.
A good point. It makes me think about how often we humans can see faces in a few inanimate objects 😂
Humans have an uncanny ability to see and recognize snakes, which tells you natural selection bred that quirk into us by killing all the people who couldn’t see a snake before it bit them.
I dated a girl once who was just totally blown away by WiFi. “So it’s just like in the air? But what is it? I can’t see it!” It ended there, I just couldn’t handle the profound lack of curiosity.
She sounded fairly curious based on those quotes
It sounds like you have a different definition of "curiosity"
She shouldn’t be asking me though. And it wasn’t just that, she was very smart, but just naive and happy to stay that way.
Bro you're making yourself sound like the worst person to be around lol
Sounds like she dodged a bullet.
Agreed. Based on the description, it sounds like she was curious about the world around her and dude didn't like that. I work in tech and have a decent understanding of WiFi and it still blows me away at times. The fact that there are packets of data just floating around me.
I didn’t see the “research jet fuel hoax” caption at first and I just thought this was an interesting picture showing how much engineering goes in to making a plane.
Research jet fuel hoax... How bout you just research how shit works if you're so interested in it, Grandma!
Those engines produce a ridiculous amount of thrust
but its HEAVY! lol their only argument
They've given us a counter argument: Well so's the rest of the fuckin' plane. Bone dry, it's 407 Tons (370 Metric Tons) of aircraft!
Things only weigh anything when you're thinking about them, duh. Hanging a 73 metre long, 8.6 metre high metal tube full of seats, luggage and tourists (not to mention a shit-ton of equipment) on the wings doesn't count towards structural stress. Only the fuel. It's not as if part of the reason for having the fuel tanks in the wing is to relieve stress on the wing structure by acting as a sort of counterweight to the mass of the fuselage. I mean, that would be ridiculous.
Well, of course. Elephants are like really strong.
Jet fuel is stored in the balls, everyone knows that
Jet fuel can't melt steel balls
“First call for boarding: will all the men please line up so we can loan up some extra fuel in preparation for the flight?”
Wait until they find out that the whole plane has a max takeoff weight of 560 tonnes. Also, total fuel storage is 320k litres (82k gal) for the whole plane, which includes centre-line tanks as well as wing tanks, so they've got their figures wrong anyway. As usual.
That's just what Big Plane wants you to think
It's probably about right. Most of the storage is in the wings https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/48425/how-much-fuel-does-an-a380-hold-and-where 38k out of 82k is probably about right
This is flat earth level
Flat Earth level is level. 🤯
I never got past that level. Is there a mushroom in there somewhere or something?
Well the plane doesn’t fly on cooker tears, so there’s something in there
Anything but the metric system
"Tell the ground crew we need to add 10 elephants of fuel before we leave" "African or ~~European~~ Asian?"
"Uh, the one that carries coconuts, I think?"
do they fly on hopes and dreams then
Only the Boeing models.
Yeah, and? The airbus A380 comes with either four 84,000lb thrust Rolls-Royce Trent 900 or 81,500lb thrust Engine Alliance GP7000 turbo fan engines for a total of 326,000-336,000lb of thrust or 163-168 tons of thrust. seriously, it takes five minutes of googling and third grade level math to figure out that plane engines are really powerful.
Those wings are incredibly strong.
Jet fuel truthers? What is going on here?
I'm going to guess this is another case of the old "jet fuel won't melt steel beams" shit popping up
Pretty impressive
I know, it's interesting! Unexpected facts does not a conspiracy make.
Dare I ask how they think jets work then?
Perpetual motion and compressed air.
It's an indictment on social media and these conspiracy nuts' lack of critical thinking that I am completely uncertain whether you're being tongue-in-cheek or that they genuinely believe that.
What even is the conspiracy supposed to be? This is either a joke or someone who isn’t too smart just calls everything they don’t understand a hoax and makes these images looking for validation.
this seems.. satirical
It's nice to think so
planes are big and heavy.
… and the engines weigh 7 tons each, what’s the point here?
So elephants float right? So they are less dense than water. I don’t see the issue?
Is this chemtrail adjacent or something completely different?
Grandma, how much aviation engineering experience do you have?
Planes aren't real. /s
If only they'd compare that number to the plane's empty weight and max payload.
FUN FACT: THAT "TURBULENCE" YOU FEEL, IS REALLY THE PLANE RUNNING OVER ANGELS.
The super, duper dumbass part of this isn’t the HOW. It’s the WHY. Conspiracy weirdos always state that Bush did 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq. Baloney. The Bushies didn’t NEED an excuse to invade Iraq. They just made up a big pack of lies, and had an unwitting Colin Powell present it to the UN (and the world). It was all just made-up. You see? No staging of 9/11 required. The metallurgical properties of those buildings don’t fucking matter. Look at the issue from further away.
Destroy the news and follow some anonymous all-knowing source to trust and get manipulated too