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09-08-2008, 10:56 AM
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| Administrator  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Maryland
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  |  Plane on a Treadmill.. Can it fly? Imagine there is a treadmil that is big enough to fit a plane and can match the planes speed. So if a plane traveled on it at 100mph it would travel backwards at 100mph. If both the plane and treadmill could accelerate to no ends(basically travel at speed infinite) and the friction would never melt the wheels. Would the plane be able to fly? click to show |
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09-08-2008, 01:57 PM
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| Senior Ninja  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Linden P.A
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 | mindboggler lol....but i believe u are correct...who knows...maybe oneday we can fly without the turbine engines...and stuff...(srry if im not making sense...)
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09-08-2008, 05:40 PM
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| Actually I dont think that will work. The plane gets off the ground by moving forward and forcing air under the wings. If the treadmill is matching the speed of the plane (meaning the plane never moves out of place) the wings dont have any air rushing under them and the plane wont take off. |
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09-08-2008, 06:19 PM
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| Expert Ninja  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: chicago
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| it would take off, cause the wheels arent whats making th plane move, its the giant engines or propeller and they did this in mythbusters heres the link if you wanna watch it SurfTheChannel - Mythbusters - Season 6 Episode 3
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09-09-2008, 06:43 PM
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| it was on myth busters.. but yes it can!!!!
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