Plane on conveyor... Will it ever take off?

['73 H1 Triple]

Originally Posted by Tmall

Tie a string to a toy car on a treadmill that's going 200mph in reverse, do you have to pull 200mph on the string to move it? Or will the slightest nudge cause it to move forward?

Originally Posted by '73 H1 Triple

BRB

OK, a standard 110VAC treadmill won't go 200 mph.

When you rewire it for 440VAC, it lets all the magic smoke out of the wires and it doesn't work at all

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by '73 H1 Triple

OK, a standard 110VAC treadmill won't go 200 mph.

When you rewire it for 440VAC, it lets all the magic smoke out of the wires and it doesn't work at all

Put it in freezer next time!

N00b.

JC

[Hydrant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KsdMuhYJPw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ul_5DtMLhc

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by thirdgenlxi

Exactly!

Don't feel bad.... This thread was posted on just about every forum on the net about a year or so ago, and you would absolutely not believe how many people just simply can't grasp such a simple concept, even after you explain it in full. So hey at least you got it right away!

It's been about 4-5 years now....and it looks like it just won't go away....

[Lucky3623]

If the belt and was moving at the exact same speed as the plane, how was the plane able to move forward? If I run at 10 mph on a treadmil that is going 10mph, I don't move forward, I stay stationary... If I speed up my pace to 11 mph while the treadmil is still at the orig 10 mph, I move forward on the belt, if I slow my pace to 9 mph, I fall off the back...

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Lucky3623

If the belt and was moving at the exact same speed as the plane, how was the plane able to move forward? If I run at 10 mph on a treadmil that is going 10mph, I don't move forward, I stay stationary... If I speed up my pace to 11 mph while the treadmil is still at the orig 10 mph, I move forward on the belt, if I slow my pace to 9 mph, I fall off the back...

Read back a bit.
The movement of the plane has nothing to do with anything touching the conveyor. The thrust from the jet engines will push it forward while the wheels spin free.
We're sort of pre-wired to think only in terms of movement based on pushing against the ground... that's not how planes operate.

[Lucky3623]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Read back a bit.
The movement of the plane has nothing to do with anything touching the conveyor. The thrust from the jet engines will push it forward while the wheels spin free.

Ahhh... I didn't even think about the movable wheels not having any affect on the thrust. If the wheels were locked, and the thust was on, yes... the plane would be standing still...

[HurricaneHeather]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

We're sort of pre-wired to think only in terms of movement based on pushing against the ground... that's not how planes operate.

That says it right there. Planes don't make sense.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by thirdgenlxi

Not as sweet as this one! heheheh

that plane flys by sheer awesomeness alone.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Lucky3623

If the belt and was moving at the exact same speed as the plane, how was the plane able to move forward? If I run at 10 mph on a treadmil that is going 10mph, I don't move forward, I stay stationary... If I speed up my pace to 11 mph while the treadmil is still at the orig 10 mph, I move forward on the belt, if I slow my pace to 9 mph, I fall off the back...

Ok. You want to know what happens? I'll tell you what happens.

If you try to fly a plane off of a treadmill, it fucking explodes. The plane explodes, the treadmill explodes, the people in the plane explode. EVERYTHING FUCKING EXPLODES!!! First they all explode into smithereens, then the smithereens explode too, until finally, the sub-smithereen particles explode, and then catch on fire (obviously, very, very small fires).

Then the tiny little fires explode.

That's what happens.

JC