Hey all.
I am trying to think of an experiment that will help prove / disprove flat earth.
So of course I first went to the Ship "falling" over the horizon experiment but added a little something.
Let me know if you can add more so it will be better
So the claim I saw about the ship is that you see less and less of it because of "law of perspective" that distorts the image of the ship.
and If you use a telescope then it will pop into normal view again.
I thought of doing the following:
Use a ship and a helicopter (the ship need to be larger than the helicopter)so that the ship is on the same level with the helicopter.
Position yourself on the shore so that the Ship now hide the helicopter from view.
https://ibb.co/eMysJUOR
https://ibb.co/g1cSJU?
Now the ship need to start sailing away from you.
At some point the ship will go far enough that it starts "falling" from view.
The thing is , the helicopter must remain in "stand still" mode all that time.
if the ship is just getting smaller because of the "law of perspective" there is no way you will be able to see the Helicopter after it!
it is still in the same line of the ship.
but if the earth is a globe, the ship will indeed go down the curvature and the helicopter will come into sight.
Globe:
https://ibb.co/np2cJUVs.
Flat earth:
https://ibb.co/hyEPyUWhat do you think?
Did I assume something wrong?
Actually it will even begin being clear much before.
If the flat earth is true the helicopter will have to be at sea level so that the ship will hide it from view. if it will be higher in the air the viewer should see it.
If the earth is round, it can even be higher in the air and still the ship will hide it from view.
P.S. I know that in the globe model, the curvature is much less steep. but I had to make the picture small enough and still pass my point.
Will any sight enhancement be needed for this? or the helicopter will be visible to the "naked eye" unless the ship was there?
Maybe a drone can be used with an altitude measuring gear on it to assure it will stay in place?