Plane on a treadmill poll...

[RandomGuy]

i think the plane WILL lift off... but i think someone mentioned it being stationary and still lifting off... i dont think thats the case... i think it'd travel opposite the direction that the conveyor is going at the same speed it would if it were lifting off on asphalt.

[Ruiner]

i think the plane WILL lift off... but i think someone mentioned it being stationary and still lifting off... i dont think thats the case... i think it'd travel opposite the direction that the conveyor is going at the same speed it would if it were lifting off on asphalt.

NOBODY said that...unless you were talking about a Harrier jump jet which can do that, but it's a special type of jet.

We ALL know that the airplane would have to MOVE down a LONG conveyor belt and would eventually pick up enough speed to take off.

[speedminded]

We ALL know that the airplane would have to MOVE down a LONG conveyor belt and would eventually pick up enough speed to take off.

but echo and the other 19 can't grasp the idea that no matter the speed of the conveyor belt the plane will still move forward.

[JennB]

i think the plane WILL lift off... but i think someone mentioned it being stationary and still lifting off... i dont think thats the case... i think it'd travel opposite the direction that the conveyor is going at the same speed it would if it were lifting off on asphalt.

Exactly. The plane goes 100 MPH forward, the conveyor goes 100 MPH backwards and the wheels spin at 200 MPH in between. It takes the same length of runway to take off, just like normal.