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John Hale
John Hale
Yarn Weaver

Dec-8-2004 01:45

Hello all.
I'm fairly new to Sleuth and I thought I might share a little hobby of mine with you all. Here's something for that sad moment when the mysteries of the day are all done.

Thousands lay up gold within this house,
but no man made it.
Spears past counting guard this house,
but no man wards it.
What is it?

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Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Aug-12-2006 08:19

Here's one:

A helicopter was hovering 200 feet above the sea when the pilot suddenly turned off the engine. The rotor stopped but the helicopter did not crash. Why not?

I like this one because it relates to something in my real life (are you listening, Dollface?): I know how to fly a helicopter.

That's all you get. I'm uncomfortable revealing even that much about the real me so I'm not going to say if it has to do with my profession or not. Who knows? Maybe in another 100 days I might reveal another tidbit about the real me. But I make no promises.

*slips back into Sleuth mode by winking, bowing and tipping hat, and making a smooth exit*

Chwanes
Chwanes
Lucky Stiff

Aug-12-2006 15:15

Because it was on the ground in a place that was 200 ft above sea level....

This is biggie by the way :)

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Aug-12-2006 18:00

Well, very, very, very close. It was hovering. It wasn't on the ground. Can you add more detail?

Temperance Brennan24
Temperance Brennan24

Aug-12-2006 18:57

Something was holding it up? Or there's something about the "anatomy" of copters that allow them to stay up without the engine? Lol, I know nothing about them, so I don't even know how to explain what I mean... :)

yoyofoshow
yoyofoshow
Old Shoe

Aug-12-2006 20:47

It landed on a building that was 200ft high?

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Aug-13-2006 01:18

Remember, the riddle said: it was hovering 200 feet above the sea, not hovering 200 feet above sea level.

Ms. Brennan24: Nothing was holding it up. The engine was shut off while the helicopter was hovering. While many people think a helicopter would plummet to the ground in that case, they are mistaken. Like an airplane, a helicotper still has it's "wings": the main rotor which is the one on the top. It can still be controlled during the glide but would just descend at a greater rate; around 1500 feet per minute as opposed to the usual comfortable 500 feet per minute.

Not knowing where you live, I'm not sure this example will help, but where I live, we have these trees that lose these wing-like things that, when dropped by the tree, float down in a spinning fashion. They do not plummet. It's that concept. The maneuver for landing a helicopter without engine power is called "autorotation" and when done skillfully, all occupants will walk away from the "crash".

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Aug-16-2006 20:34

Wow! Did I clear the room or what with that aviation lesson? OK. In order to get this thread moving again, here is the answer and no more lessons:

The helicopter was hovering only a few inches above a helicopter landing pad on an oil platform out at sea.

Temperance Brennan24
Temperance Brennan24

Aug-16-2006 21:25

*I* found it very interesting; I just didn't know how to formulate a solution to the ridde, lol.

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Aug-17-2006 00:09

*brain is autorotating*

*giddy from dizzybrain, staggering away totally unsmoothly*

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Aug-17-2006 03:57

Mr. crunchpatty,

At the enormous risk of stepping out of character: lmao!

Barry

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