Quote Originally Posted by redx
not if the momentum, actuall your right, but if the plane is not moving from point a-b then all that trottle is useless, as there is no airflow that will get teh plane up, caus its standing still
Right, but, here is the catch: About the same amount of throttle to keep the plane stationary on the conveyor belt will be needed no matter if the conveyor belt is doing 50 or 1,000,000 miles per hour. Does this make sense to you?