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Originally posted by BlueSky:
This is giving me a headache.

What if the question was a similar conveyor on a downward slope with a vehicle on it with free-spinning wheels? No matter how fast the conveyor went, gravity would pull the vehicle downhill, right?

That's causing me to rethink my position though all my previous arguments still seem valid.

Good grief.
If the conveyor is fast enough to overcome gravity, then yes, it would stay put, even on a downhill slope (however, it would have to travel faster than the plane at that point).

Gravity was already equalized in the horizontal position - the force pushing up on the landing assembly.
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