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Originally posted by RiNkY:
To simple Adam. Why would the plane appear to take off as per normal?

What you are saying is the same as saying, if we turned on the conveyor and span it up to say 100mph, but didn't bother to do anything with the planes engines - Just the conveyor on its own. The plane would stay in 1 place!!!
Well, Exactly! confused ?

If the conveyor were turned on and doing 100MPH and the Plane were stationary upon it, then consequently the tires are rotating at 100MPH, if thrust is therefore applied to the airframe through the engines the resulting action will be an equal and opposite reaction, Ie. Newtons Third Law, the plane will move through the AIR and eventually gain the speed required for takeoff.

Rog, this will be one of those slap yourself on the forehead moments for you and with the ability to get to 8+ Pages in a day, it is worth setting up a scenario Ie. Mythbusters to quelch this thirst for knowledge. wink