Registered: 23/03/01
Posts: 1906
Loc: San Jose, CA
Quote:
Originally posted by Mobycat:
What moves the wheels? (regardless of whether they are free spinning)
The plane's motion through SPACE (both on the ground and through AIR) sets the wheels in motion.
It's a given that as something that rests on the ground moves along the ground, it also moves through the air, too. It's the air that's being pushed through the engines, not the ground.