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Originally posted by Paul H:
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Originally posted by ChefTyler:
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Originally posted by Paul H:
[b]Never have I said the plane gets thrust from wheels. I said the tires would blow.

And while a 747 can produce enough thrust to take off with no wheels it would not happen.

And this is why the debate continues.
Paul, you're right if it were a plane that required a high enough takeoff speed the tires would explode and the plane would be destroyed. But the myth says "a plane" not every plane laugh [/b]
Thank you. All I suspected was my theory was possible on a bigger plane. I will hush now as oto not offend Jeffsucksdicks[/b]
You don't offend me. You make me laugh. Even large plane wheels are unlikely to explode. The reason is that the wheels/tires are rated well over operational requirements. They can easily survive extreme cicumstances such as double speed because of a factor of safety is built in.

At the end of the day none of that matters. The question is a Physics I problem. Speculation about the wheels or tires is just a distraction introduced by those too ignorant to understand the fundamentals of this simple question.