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Originally Posted by anthonyk
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.  |
The treadmill could quadruple the wheel speed indefinitely until a rip in interdimensional fabric occured. The plane would still move forward relative to the ground and take off.