#162357 - 31/01/0812:11 PMRe: plane on conveyor belt
Paul H
Member
Registered: 23/08/01
Posts: 4757
Loc: Mt. Zion, IL
I think what he is getting at is there is no physical way possible for a treadmill to match a planes forward speed. You cannot get it fast enough. Even though the resistance is very low in the wheels of that yellow plane they used a jetliners would be much higher. But I still think the possibility lies in the fact if I had unlimited power to power a treadmill and could say ramp it up to 10,000 miles per hour to match a planes 100 miles per hour take off speed (examples there not saying takeoff for a jetliner is 100mph) that my theory of the wheels blowing up or failing would keep the plane from taking off.
I am not debating nor have I ever debated the fact the plane would or could move.