EXACTLY!!
AirPlane on a Teardmill and Mythbusters
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EXACTLY!!
Your assumption here is flawed as well. The conveyor, if running towards the plane, is going to push air towards the plane if it were to move air at all..
You are either joking, or you are definitely not smarter than a 5th grader.
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How is it not relative motion? The fuselage could be moving forward at 100mph relative to the conveyor, but develop zero wind speed. It could be moving forward at 100mph relative to the earth and develop 100mph wind speed ± prevailing winds. It could be moving 100mph relative to you traveling 65mph in the oposite direction which would mean that it is in reality only traveling 35mph. It could be moving 100mph relative to a person working on the runway jogging at 3mph in the same direction meaning its traveling 103mph.
Wait one freaking second right there, didn't you just say that this isn't a case of relative motion? Therefore, your argument is moot.
but if the plane is "moving backwards" on the treadmill how can it generate airspeed?
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How can a smooth conveyor belt push air? It might create a small cushion of air on the surface, but not enough to create lift on wings. Now, if it was something like a snowmobile track with a means to actually move air thats a different story, but then the airplane wouldn't be able to use it as a runway.
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I didn't say it was creating an infinite tail wind, I said it was "acting as an infinte tail wind" two completely different things.
..oj did it, robert blake did it, roger clemens used, clinton inhaled, & the plane flies...
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why would you do something like that? Not like we are in a flame war, right?..DO I HAVE to PM the moderator??..
Anybody who took that threat serious would... well,,, think that a plane couldn't lift off from a treadmill!!
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anyone that thinks a plane would take off from a treadmill would make a threat like thatAnybody who took that threat serious would... well,,, think that a plane couldn't lift off from a treadmill!!
hahaha those last two posts are fun
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Two more days before supplicate tucks his tail and runs
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psh, Mythbusters has usually messed up their experiments so bad that it doesn't matter anyway. Case in point, the exploding hammer.Two more days before supplicate tucks his tail and runs
Its as I said in a PM, it all depends on how its set up and executed. I can see it going either way, just having fun arguing the not taking off point to see just how different peoples arguments are. And sadly, there really aren't that many arguments. Seems that everyone else in this thread is simply looking at it one way without paying any regard to any of the other angles. This is why I repeatedly say that if the airplane achieves a net movement in the forward direction it can take off.
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and again I say you are looking at the Macro picture, not hte micro picture. Look at something close enough and there comes a point where there is no distinction.
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I'm glad someone finally caught on to that.
When you get to a point with science it essentially becomes philosophy. And in philosophy 2+2 can = 5. Basic science only works if 2+2=4. There's always more then one way to look at it
I predict another 300 replies on this thread Thursday morning. 150 of them are going to be pissed, 150 "I told you so". Pepsi and kettle corn for lunch Thursday!
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