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Originally posted by BlueSky:
Tell me this...how would this scenario be different than a seaplane trying to take off against a current? If the current accelerates to match the planes speed, the plane will remain in place, correct?
On a seaplane, the pontoons are fixed to the airframe.

The force of the current acts through the pontoons onto the airframe.

On an airplane on a runway, with wheels, the wheels are free-turning. Forces enacted on the wheels do not get transferred to the airframe.

The seaplane is a single airframe.

The airplane is an airframe with independent rolling gear.

They are two different animals in this scenario.
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