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Old 11-04-2006, 03:51 AM
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Default Re: Will the plane takeoff?

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No. The plane is "standing".

Or:

No. The plane isn't moving.
You're stupid. It will take off.

All the conveyor will do is cause the wheels to spin wildly. Imagine a rocket on wheels on the same conveyor. That rocket is going to take off...with the wheels spinning off.

What the wheels and conveyor do is irrelavent as none of that provides any propulsion. The wheels lower friction and provide for braking.

Theoretically, the conveyor could be moving backwards at double the speed of the plane and it still wouldn't matter. That would only cause the wheels to spin even faster, but the plane will still be getting thrust, moving forward and generating lift.
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