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

[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