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Originally posted by cadams7407:
OMG! does the navy know about this!? Why don't they have treadmills on all the air craft carriers!?!?!?!?!

I'll tell you why, cause it won't work. Everyone keeps focusing on speed; speed is not directly responsible for a planes ability to take off. Planes fly because the air flowing over the wing is faster than the air under it. Therefore, the air under the wing pushes the plane up.

The treadmill does not provide any wind over the wings. The shape of the wing is what allows the air to flow faster over the top than the bottom, but in order for the air to flow over the wings at sufficient speed, the plane has to actually move. On a treadmill, no air is moving.

You would need a wind tunnel to make the plane take off. And in truth, this would work with or without the treadmill.
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