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Old 11-23-2005, 10:54 AM
Slow Play Ray Slow Play Ray is offline
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Default Re: think about this...

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The problem with this scenario is that the drive isn't created by the wheels, so this belt wouldn't result in the plane not moving, it would mean the wheels would be moving REALLY quickly, but the thrust would still push teh plane forward.

This scenario is impossible.

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Yeah, the exact speed I think will be determined by the friction in the axels given that the wheels are not skidding in any way.

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I was thinking about this earlier, too. I think the wheel speed/conveyor speed would basically accelerate exponentially until the plane took off. Clearly this whole scenario is probably not physically possible, but it's an interesting theory to discuss.
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