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Originally posted by MattyX:

Rinky, an aircraft taxis by pushing air, there is no drivetrain connected to the wheels, just steering at the nose wheel. The wheels are just there as an alternative to scraping the belly of the plane everywhere.
I know that. But when an aircraft taxis the wheels rotate and the plane moves along the runway does it not. Or does the plane have that much power that it just makes long trails of rubber all over the airport without rotating the wheels? eek

What we are saying is - as the aircraft taxis and the wheels are rotating, the revolving runway / treadmill thingy is moving in the opposite direction ad the same speed. Hense the plane isn't moving anywhere with regards to anything not on the moving runway. Lets say a Tree at the side of the fucking runway. The plane may as well be sodding tied to the tree, because when it thrusts itself forward, the stupid dumbass treadmill - Which I wish wasn't there, but unfortunately is fucking there, keeps the plane static to the surrounding area. Hense no lift, hense no takeoff - regardless of if the plane is going 1mph in relation to the treadmill going backwards at 1mph or 1000mph.