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Originally posted by BlueSky:
I disagree, but respectfully. I know the wheels don't control the plane's motion, but I also know they are the means by which engine power is converted to forward motion over the ground when the aircraft isn't flying.
And the wheels don't care if the ground is moving under the plane, if the plane is moving over the ground, or both at the same time...

The wheel rotational speed does not have to equal the plane speed.
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Calling people morons because they don't share your point of view - which very well may be wrong
See my last post -cars/plane moving onto the moving conveyor- to understand why the plane moves and thus takes off...
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