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Originally posted by Hawk:

The conveyor belt exerts ALL of it's force on the wheels, NOT the engines. The only thing exerting a horizontal force on the engines is the air. Therefore, the conveyor will have 0 effect on the engines thus causing the engines to pull the airplane forward while the wheels spin at an unGodly rate of speed. This forward momentum will eventually give the airplane the needed lift to be able to take off.
The way the scenario is worded, it can easily be said you are making an assumption.

Let me ask you a further question.....

The scenario does not specify the length of our conveyor belt runway. How long would such a runway have to be in order for the plane to gain enough forward motion needed for lift?
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