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Originally posted by obsidience
First the plane had forward motion from the perspective of the camera.
Originally posted by obsidience
Its funny how this is a debatable topic but I guess not everyone understands the mechanics of the world.
Originally posted by kilcoo316
The plane will take off - no ifs, no buts, no maybes.
The wheels will be rotating at twice the plane take-off speed.
(It is assume that the wheels do not burst at 2 times Vr)
Originally posted by Jabejaha
The conveyor does have a way to negate the thrust, through the weight of the aircraft. The force of the plane's mass pushing on the conveyor gives it enough friction to have a DIRECT force on the aircraft. This is crazy that people don't understand this.
This can only be negated by an equal or greater force of lift, produced by the aircraft. However, this can only be achieved through air flowing over the wings. Why are people dismissing the wheels? The plane is not floating over the conveyor. All of it's weight is resting on the conveyor. The engines are interacting with the air, yes, otherwise they wouldn't work, but the thrust produced by them is countered by the conveyor moving in the opposite direction (ie. backwards). The aircraft's weight will be resting on the landing gear, and being in direct contact with the conveyor, UNTIL enough lift is achieved by enough air flowing over the wings. But there won't be any air flowing if the conveyor is moving in the opposite direction in a direct correlation to the thrust produced from the aircraft's engines.
This is not a trick question either, just a genuine one from a young guy who was slightly confused about airfoil physics.
The force of the plane's mass pushing on the conveyor gives it enough friction to have a DIRECT force on the aircraft.
Originally posted by mungodave
You mean to say the wheels will be tavelling at the speed of the conveyor PLUS the ground speed of the aircraft right?
Mungo