@vikorr,
I am not a believer in anything with a SELF-PROCLAIMED name of "universal". Often also declared a "law."
Who says I can't explain that?
It's simple. I believe that what we are dealing with is layers of buoyancy, not gravity. That is, an apple is heavier than the layer of buoyancy that is air, ergo it falls. But it is lighter than layers of water so it floats. Other objects absorb moisture and get heavier, thus sinking despite their buoyancy.
A plane or rocket is a freaking huge metal object, so while a plane can go to a high altitude, it requires that much more propulsion (thrust as you put it) to actually leave the Earth. By the time it reaches outer space, air density ("gravity") approaches zero, and movement is 100% determined by thrust.
Btw, if in fact there was orbital rotation interfering with launch, what design would make the most sense? A pencil-shaped rocket? A saucer? Or a sphere?
Any film history student would tell you that the reason rockets are shaped as they are has nothing at all to do with aerodynamics (in which case, a spheroid would be best, since a pencil could easily be tossed sideways; a pencil ONLY makes sense if exiting Earth involves piercing some kind of barrier) and everything to do with inspiration provided by this film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVChRVfZ74
Air not wandering off into space? The hell are you talking about? We have a dome surrounding the Earth. It separates the space outside of Earth from the air inside.
The tides do not match the moon phases. There are about two high tides a day. This means the moon should only affect the tides at night when it has proximity, but in fact, it happens in response to (around) noontide when the moon is nowhere near, and around 3am or so when the moon is nearest. This suggests a near Earth system, where BOTH the sun and moon exert pull. But this can be explained more by magnetism (water is not pure) or some other principle of attraction rather than gravity (a conveniently inconsistent law).
... Nope, I looked at a weekly high tide thing. The high tide extended throughout the week, proving it has nothing at all to do with the sun/moon, or it would occur roughly the same time each day.
The time is all over the place, some days being vaguely in sync with the sun and moon, sometimes only being once per day. There is no rhyme nor reason to this. Basically, the tides do not have to do with the sun, moon, or anything. They're tides. They just happen.
As for the moon phases, they are dictated by refraction of the sun. In a flat Earth model, the sun and moon are overheard, and near to the Earth. You can verify that while looking up at the sky, the sun is often up, and then if you look around from the sun, the moon can also be seen. So while the two are overhead, the angle is different in different dates of the year.
Lastly, ummm hey so when you go east or west, you are not going "left" or "right" you are going clockwise or counterclockwise. Inside a building, this does not matter, but while navigating the disc, you eventually end up where you started.