Reply With QuotePLANES DON'T USE WHEELS FOR FORWARD MOTION....You're right, the wheels would spin as it went forward to take off, and it would take off.....MP
It's starting to make sense to me now. :idea:
if a plane were on a tread mill all it would be doing is spinning the wheels no lift would be created under the wings
PLANES DON'T USE WHEELS FOR FORWARD MOTION....You're right, the wheels would spin as it went forward to take off, and it would take off.....MP
PLANES DON'T USE WHEELS FOR FORWARD MOTION....You're right, the wheels would spin as it went forward to take off, and it would take off.....MP
It's starting to make sense to me now. :idea:
if a plane were on a tread mill all it would be doing is spinning the wheels no lift would be created under the wings
There you go, all the tread mill does is spin the wheels which has nothing to do with propelling the plane forward. With freewheeling wheels you could run the tread mill up to 500 mph and the plane won't move even with the engines off. Now crank up those jet engines and they will produce all the thrust needed to push that plane right down the tread mill and take off. It wouldn't matter if the plane was on the tread mill or the runway it will take off in the same distance either way.Think about it...the wheels are only there to hold the plane off the ground. The plane is driven by thrust not the wheels.
Now if you had some kind of magical thrust removing tread mill then you got me, the plane will not move in that case.
PLANES DON'T USE WHEELS FOR FORWARD MOTION....You're right, the wheels would spin as it went forward to take off, and it would take off.....MP
your rite but how big a treadmill are we talking about here, lol
your rite but how big a treadmill are we talking about here, lol
How about a big round one? Say about the size of EARTH......Doesn't matter............MP
How about a big round one? Say about the size of EARTH......Doesn't matter............MP
DING DING DING! :rollside:
Check it out. The plane must have air flow over the wings to produce lift. When the plane takes of from a standing start it pushes itself along the ground to reach a speed with enough airflow over the wings to give it lift. If it is sitting on a treadmill that travels the opposite way, this leaves the plane sitting still. It possibly may have a little forward motion, but not enough to create lift.
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Thank you :rollside:
PLANES DON'T USE WHEELS FOR FORWARD MOTION....You're right, the wheels would spin as it went forward to take off, and it would take off.....MP
Not if the teadmill was spinning in the opposite direction, at the same speed, as said in the original post. It would leave the plane standing still.
There you go, all the tread mill does is spin the wheels which has nothing to do with propelling the plane forward. With freewheeling wheels you could run the tread mill up to 500 mph and the plane won't move even with the engines off. Now crank up those jet engines and they will produce all the thrust needed to push that plane right down the tread mill and take off. It wouldn't matter if the plane was on the tread mill or the runway it will take off in the same distance either way.Think about it...the wheels are only there to hold the plane off the ground. The plane is driven by thrust not the wheels.
Now if you had some kind of magical thrust removing tread mill then you got me, the plane will not move in that case.
But the plane must start from a standing possition, tread of the tires on the treadmill and push itself down the mill running in the opposite direction. No traction no go.
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