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> - Since airplanes were invented, humans have never been unable to achieve flight. "Humans" don't mean much in that context. How many countries could build a
by gwervc 2y ago
> - Since airplanes were invented, humans have never been unable to achieve flight.
"Humans" don't mean much in that context. How many countries could build a plane? France, US (albeit they start having reliability issues), China, Russia, India, Japan, and a few others. That list [1] gives only two East-Asian countries, one South Asian and one South American countries. Every other on the list is an European country or a derivative.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_aircraft_and_spacecraft_exports https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_aircraf...
- sfifs 2y agoActually most of us here with a small team and sufficient funding could probably build a plane suitable for human flight given the public domain knowledge that exists. . A non insignificant percent probably have built model planes already. Achieving competitive warplanes could be difficult. So could making something with sufficient efficiency or reliability for regulated commercial use. Many sufficiently motivated people have actually built their own planes since the knowledge of how to achieve heavier than air flight/aerofoils widely exists.