6-ft tall inflatable Corona Bottle

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » May 22, 2001 11:31 am

medcopter, good to see you're still around. i just happened to "acquire" one of the inflatable hemi dancer airplanes. having the same idea, i weighed it and it comes in just under 2 pounds. unforunately at 2 lbs it must have about 28 ~ 29 cubic feet of volume to float. don't think it comes close, probably 3 to 4 at best....

jimminy · Post by **jimminy** » April 2, 2003 4:04 pm

i think the volume of those planes is more than 3 or 4, but definitely not 29. maybe you could try the idea of tying balloons to it. i might try filling mine with helium too.

Ceol na Mara · Post by **Ceol na Mara** » April 2, 2003 4:19 pm

I thought the Archimedes' Principle/ Eureka thing had something to do with water displacement or something like that.

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » April 2, 2003 4:31 pm

My head hurts...

CRC Parrothead · Post by **CRC Parrothead** » April 2, 2003 4:34 pm

Huh?

jimminy · Post by **jimminy** » April 2, 2003 5:54 pm

Archimedes' principle states that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The principle applies to both floating and submerged bodies and to all fluids, i.e., liquids and gases. It explains not only the buoyancy of ships and other vessels in water but also the rise of a balloon in the air and the apparent loss of weight of objects underwater. In determining whether a given body will float in a given fluid, both weight and volume must be considered; that is, the relative density, or weight per unit of volume, of the body compared to the fluid determines the buoyant force. If the body is less dense than the fluid, it will float or, in the case of a balloon, it will rise. If the body is denser than the fluid, it will sink. Relative density also determines the proportion of a floating body that will be submerged in a fluid. If the body is two thirds as dense as the fluid, then two thirds of its volume will be submerged, displacing in the process a volume of fluid whose weight is equal to the entire weight of the body. In the case of a submerged body, the apparent weight of the body is equal to its weight in air less the weight of an equal volume of fluid. The fluid most often encountered in applications of Archimedes' principle is water, and the specific gravity of a substance is a convenient measure of its relative density compared to water. In calculating the buoyant force on a body, however, one must also take into account the shape and position of the body. A steel rowboat placed on end into the water will sink because the density of steel is much greater than that of water. However, in its normal, keel-down position, the effective volume of the boat includes all the air inside it, so that its average density is then less than that of water, and as a result it will float.

ShrimperDan · Post by **ShrimperDan** » April 3, 2003 12:04 am

1+1=2

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » April 3, 2003 6:56 am

That's all well and good, pholks, but I think the REAL question here is: How many bottles of beer ARE there on the wall?

Mr. Moon · Post by **Mr. Moon** » April 3, 2003 8:05 am

E,I,E,I,O....What does it mean....

capnrick · Post by **capnrick** » April 3, 2003 9:40 am

WOW!

what a GREAT thread!

Very educational! I've learned that there are 240 beers in a keg..(define 'untappable'-doesnt a long straw reach the bottom?)

and that a canister of helium at a tailgater would be very lucrative!

now MY head hurts. and math STILL sucks.

Capn Rick[/img]

ShrimperDan · Post by **ShrimperDan** » April 3, 2003 11:55 am

Well , I'm glad you asked. Pronounced Eh! eye! Eh! eye! Oh!, it comes from the roman times. It actually derives from the statements made by those romans lucky enough to be stoned to death. 4 stones to the body and one to the groin (OH!).

Now how it got into childrens songs I have no idea.
Take this for what it's worth. As far as I know, it's all true.

If anyone knows how it was taken in by Old MacDonald I would like to know

BinghamtonPH · Post by **BinghamtonPH** » April 3, 2003 12:25 pm

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:other useful calculations:

how many 8 oz glasses of beer are there in a 1/2 keg of beer??

Number of glasses of beer in a barrel
Actual number of glasses will vary slightly with the shape of the glasses.

Glass size....1 inch head...¾ inch head...½ inch head
8 Oz..............355..................317.................286
10 Oz............264..................246.................228
12 Oz............220..................204.................190
16 Oz............164..................153.................143