Final answer to the airplane on a long treadmill problem ...

[Ruiner]

so according to your logic, if i try to run the opposite way on the moving sidewalk at an airport and im running at the same speed its rotating, i wont move?

Different logic. Your legs power you and are directly connected to the moving sidewalk. The wheels on an airplane have NO power and roll freely. The engines that "pull/push" through the air provide the power on the plane.

[Hektik]

Different logic. Your legs power you and are directly connected to the moving sidewalk. The wheels on an airplane have NO power and roll freely. The engines that "pull/push" through the air provide the power on the plane.

you know what I will go ahead and admit defeat. you wanted a discussion and you got one. but now I see what you mean.

[Ruiner]

you know what I will go ahead and admit defeat. you wanted a discussion and you got one. but now I see what you mean.

Look at it this way:

If you have a plane on a frozen sheet of slippery ice...and the plane's wheels are locked (the brakes are on). Will the plane take off under throttle?

[Hektik]

Look at it this way:

If you have a plane on a frozen sheet of slippery ice...and the plane's wheels are locked (the brakes are on). Will the plane take off under throttle?

yea I get what ur saying now . The wheels have nothing to do with it and the treadmill does nothing as well becasue the jets are pushing forward. im still keeping my $10 though

[Ruiner]

yea I get what ur saying now . The wheels have nothing to do with it and the treadmill does nothing as well becasue the jets are pushing forward. im still keeping my $10 though

You made a wise choice.

[Hektik]

You made a wise choice.

I lied I gambled once in my life it was a quarter (25c) in a casino lost them will never do it again