August 7, 2009
#620: Wings
Man: Titan’s gravity is 14% of Earth’s, and its atmosphere 50% denser.
Man: So if you can generate 9% of your body weight in lift, you can fly on Titan.
Man: With wings, a stage harness, a cable, and 91% of my bodyweight in in bricks, I want to test this.
[[There is a heap of materials on the ground. The man is holding a stage harness.]]
[[Large diagram of a bridge. A rope leads through pulleys tied to the bridge. One end goes to the man, one end to a pile of bricks.]]
[[The man is standing with wings attached to his arms.]]
[[The man flaps the wings, and appears to be floating.]]
[[The man glides.]]
Man: It works!
Woman: Except you have two problems.
Man: What?
Woman: You used hot glue on your wing joints and you have friends into Greek mythology.
Man: Huh?
[[Black Hat Guy is standing on the bridge, with a large lamp labeled ‘heat lamp’ attached to a battery.]]
[[The wing segments fall off the man and he tumbles downward.]]