Quote Originally Posted by Ruiner
You are wrong. Once the effects of the wheel drag are overcome, the plane will move forward. The "wheel drag" from free-rolling wheels is next to nothing as you and I both know. Remember the wheels are rolling free; not with brakes on. Mechanical wheel drag is relatively small. That "drag" is the ONLY thing working against the plane in reference to the conveyor belt.
Are you over coming wheel drag or the weight of the plane? I have been thinking about this. Once the engines over come the weight of the plane it will move forward regardless. The same way that a hovercraft only has to overcome the weight itself to move forward, the ground becomes a nonfactor once forward momentum is achieved so does the conveyor.