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Originally posted by MattyX:

So if the conveyor/treadmill had greater speed to begin with and the balsa plane still took off, the result would somehow be different if you could make the treadmill accelerate at the same rate as the plane?

I don't know how fast traditional treadmills go, but I'm fairly sure balsa planes cannot go faster than 10 MPH (being generous to the plane). So supe up a treadmill, set it for 20 MPH, and try it again. I guarantee you the balsa plane would take off.
I don't care about the speed of either.

We are talking about the hypothetical scenario. If you wish to create an experiment to use as proof... you would need to calculate all of the numbers and match the speeds of each.

Otherwise we are no longer talking about the hypothetical scenario.

If this is being discussed all over the internet, why hasn't anyone tried to do a scale model experiment with a remote controlled aircraft?