Two Wheel Fix - View Single Post - Plane on conveyor... Will it ever take off?

Tmall · 07-20-2009, 03:51 PM

Sorry lucky.

There is your disconnect.

The question isn't whether it could take off from a standstill on a conveyor, its whether or not the thrust of the prop or turbine would move it forward enough on the conveyor to reach take off speed.

07-20-2009, 03:51 PM	#58
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	Sorry lucky. There is your disconnect. The question isn't whether it could take off from a standstill on a conveyor, its whether or not the thrust of the prop or turbine would move it forward enough on the conveyor to reach take off speed.