• Question: if oil floats on water, if i cover myself in oil, could i fly in the rain???

    Asked by cranium on 18 Jul 2023.
    • Photo: Clare Morrow

      Clare Morrow answered on 18 Jul 2023:

      I suppose that you would need to consider how hard it was raining, along with weight of yourself, and the oil that you use.
      Oil as hydrophobic (water dislike) tails and hydrophillic (water loving) heads – this is what causes oil to for droplets. If you were wanting to cover yourself with oil to fly – how would you breath as you would need to be entirely covered in oil?

    • Photo: Bruno Silvester Lopes

      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 18 Jul 2023:

      you would probably float..in water (rain would fall down)…unless you go beyond gravity

    • Photo: Kip Heath

      Kip Heath answered on 20 Jul 2023:

      You might float. It would probably need a LOT of oil to make it work.

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