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Originally Posted by Flexin
The belt doesn't need to go as fast as the wheels. It needs to go as fast as the plane as far as the myth goes. So it is possible to build this. And yes your right the wheel speed increase but the fact that fact still shows that it has no effect on the plane at all.
So it is possible to build this and prove this point. Anything short of a bearing failure would not stop the plane from flying so it will prove that wheel speed doesn't matter at all.
James
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LOL, I'm remembering a different version, I guess. I remember hearing that the treadmill exactly matches the plane's wheel speed, which is the part that's impossible (and usually f's people up).
If people need (yet another) analogy to make this make sense, pretend you're talking about your kid's Hot Wheels car on a treadmill with your hand holding it in place. Can you imagine anything that you could do to that treadmill to make it impossible for your hand to move that little car forward? No. The plane is the same, except it's the Hand of God moving the plane.
