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But it's being towed on a trailer.. We need to see it on a treadmill to believe
A friend had the same thing happen with a sofa in the M1. Should have lashed the load to the trailer properly.
That's not remotely like being on a treadmill. The plane is being towed, and the air passing around the wings is generating lift.
we need the car and trailer on a treadmill
Aeroplane on a treadmill in a wind tunnel! Sorted, just don't pull up too fast!
That's not remotely like being on a treadmill. The plane is being towed, and the air passing around the wings is generating lift.
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A float plane taking off by heading heading upstream on a river would be a pretty good analogy to the legendary treadmill.
A float plane taking off by heading heading upstream on a river would be a pretty good analogy to the legendary treadmill.
It'd need to be a pretty fast-flowing river, mind, maybe one going over a big waterfall, for added incentive...
That's not remotely like being on a treadmill. The plane is being towed, and the air passing around the wings is generating lift.
Not sure if trolling...
For the hard of thinking (because this is the most retarded question ever) the wheels on a plane aren't powered, so a plane on a conveyor belt moves forward just like normal, albeit the ground speed is faster than the airspeed (by the speed of the conveyor), and so of course it'll take off just fine, but will need a conveyer belt the same length as the runway would have been.
what won't happen, but people seem to think, is that the plane will sit on the spot and then spontaneously lift, or not. That would happen with a car on a conveyer (without the lift), but not a plane.
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Isn't the earth just one giant treadmill?
[quote=Junkyard ]we need the car and trailer on a treadmill
Quite. Run the treadmill at the same speed the car is going and then see what happens - definitive proof of he plane on a treadmill conundrum I'd suggest.
**shoots aracer**
So long as you're standing on a treadmill going at the muzzle velocity of your gun 😉
I suggest that putting a float plane on a treadmill would end badly
A float plane taking off by heading heading upstream on a river would be a pretty good analogy to the legendary treadmill.
Irrefutable, undeniable, ultimate proof.