Mythbusters - helicopter?

[Funkmasta]

So, after reading the airplane/treadmill thread, I got to wondering...

what would happen if you bolted a helicopter to the earth. Could we tow ourselves closer to the moon? discuss.

[JasonC]

What if the helicopter was on a record player, Would it take off?

[BDSax]

no, thats just dumb

[Car Addict]

please tell me that was a joke, OP. that would require FAR more power than anything we can currently create.

[02stu]

you were close

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhnVJPAGj8Q

[einstein57]

what a waste of tax dollars. could you imagine how many e30's the us gov could have modded with that money?

[e30e]

Obviously it needs more powera!!!!!!!!! YES POWERA!!!!!!!!

[stevofthahill]

you were close
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhnVJPAGj8Q

thats just awesome haha

[george graves]

thats just awesome haha

I thought it was a guy getting out close to the end - "OHHHZZZ NOOOZZZ"

[Sean]

The earth would move .2746" closer every 1.234 days. The helicopter would blow up due to the high amount of stress on the motor and carrying such a heavy weight, since the earth weighs 6 X 10^24 KGs.

Plain and simple, that's my final answer.

[fire6-27]

Thank you, and to all who thought the OP was serious, thank you as well.:D

[GaryE30]

I'm doin it!!!! LOLZ

[xLibelle]

What if the helicopter was on a record player, Would it take off?

LMAO

[benDASHDASH]

What if the helicopter was on a record player, Would it take off?

genious

The earth would move .2746" closer every 1.234 days. The helicopter would blow up due to the high amount of stress on the motor and carrying such a heavy weight, since the earth weighs 6 X 10^24 KGs.

Plain and simple, that's my final answer.

no way, even 10 x 2^-10" would be generous

[einstein57]

no doulble digits in the first character of scientific notation. The earth is supposed to maintain its distance from the sun with its balance of the suns gravitational pull and the centrifugal force created by the earths orbit correct? Theoretically it should be easier to tilt the earth's axis than to changes its orbit. So it would tilt 0.00000000012371567
3464 degrees every metric year.