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Originally posted by XPLORx4:
NYMadman-

Please explain how a backwards-moving treadmill or conveyor belt that contacts the WHEELS of an airplane can negate the thrust of engines pushing against air that is not backwards-moving. Remember: the wheels aren't GLUED to the treadmill, they're just rolling along its surface.
Why don't you please explain to me why you are even bothering bringing the wheels into this discussion.

The wheels ARE NOT part of the discussion. If the wheels were intended to be part of the discussion the original scenario would have stipulated something about the wheels. It would have done that because in the real world the wheels will blow or some other thing would happen due to the increased rotation.

The hypothetical scenario said the conveyor belt matches the plane's speed.

The discussion is supposed to be about the parameters laid out in the hypothetical scenario. Not about wheels, bearings or anything else along those lines. The plane could be held up on the shoulders of a bunch of illegal immigrants running for the border on the conveyor belt for all we care regarding the scenario parameters. It's an irrelevant aspect of the scenario.

People are bringing things into the debate that really shouldn't be part of the discussion.

...PLANE--CONVEYOR BELT MATCHING SPEED OF PLANE--AERODYNAMICS....

That is all that should be discussed according to the original scenario. It is not asking for any more.

Are we in agreement on that fact?
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