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Originally posted by MattyX:

Go ahead and try the balsa-plane-with-a-rubber-band-powered-prop trick on the treadmill at your local gym. See if it works, then try to figure it out.
Matt ...

The rubber band powered balsa wood plane experiment is not a good test of the scenario that is being discussed in this thread. No where near a good test. I think you know that.

I also have a question for you....

You seem to think the plane on the aircraft carrier would not take off and you are using virtually the same argument that people are using against the plane on the conveyor belt. Why is that?