β² 933 βΌ Symbolism (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Stamets_v2@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also tyres destroy the crop they drive over permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] sockpuppet5@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And so will the hover (unless anti-gravity). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago You can spread out the pressure to a much greater degree with a hover device. A helicopter still has to exert enough force to lift say 900kg of mass. But, the surface area covered by a helicopter's rotors is pretty huge compared to the contact patch of even a big, soft tire. OTOH, there's going to be a lot of turbulence in the air pushed down by a rotor / hover device, which might damage some plants more than simply being squashed by a soft tire. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] sockpuppet5@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And so will the hover (unless anti-gravity). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago You can spread out the pressure to a much greater degree with a hover device. A helicopter still has to exert enough force to lift say 900kg of mass. But, the surface area covered by a helicopter's rotors is pretty huge compared to the contact patch of even a big, soft tire. OTOH, there's going to be a lot of turbulence in the air pushed down by a rotor / hover device, which might damage some plants more than simply being squashed by a soft tire. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago You can spread out the pressure to a much greater degree with a hover device. A helicopter still has to exert enough force to lift say 900kg of mass. But, the surface area covered by a helicopter's rotors is pretty huge compared to the contact patch of even a big, soft tire. OTOH, there's going to be a lot of turbulence in the air pushed down by a rotor / hover device, which might damage some plants more than simply being squashed by a soft tire. permalink fedilink source parent
