Registered: 23/08/01
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Loc: Mt. Zion, IL
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Originally posted by Hawk: How about this.....lets see if this can get to the ALR:
A plane is standing on a runway that can move (like a giant conveyor belt). This conveyor has a control system that tracks the plane's speed and tunes the speed of the conveyor to be exactly the same (but in the opposite direction).
Will the plane be able to take off?
No there would never be any wind going over the wings. In essence the plane would be standing still?
The wheels would be going. But no wind means no lift.