Registered: 23/03/01
Posts: 1906
Loc: San Jose, CA
Quote:
Originally posted by NY Madman: There is no forward motion of this plane in the hypothetical.
Yes, there is. The plane is not bolted to the ground. Therefore, it moves forward because a plane's engines push against AIR, not the GROUND. Planes achieve lift via airspeed, not groundspeed.
Unless that conveyor somehow manages to prevent the engines from moving air through them, the plane is gonna take off.