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[johnnyrit]

“Imagine a plane is sitting on a massive conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyor belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, moving in the opposite direction. Bearing friction in the wheels is negligible. Can the plane take off?"

debate.

Comments

[soopahfine]

Nope, airspeed over the wings = 0. Therefore, no lift. Sorry, tech school kid.

[flackinthebox]

what nate said.

[turtlewaxz]

boingboing

[lilmikey76]

Hell naw