Re: think about this...
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yeah it def. blew my mind. now give the answer plz? and the answer to daryns skateboard thing too. me and my friend have a bet on both.
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The plane can take off - this has already been established.
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I thought we determined it was a physically impossible scenario (contradicting assumptions)
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Huh? Noone thinks you can actually build such a contraption, but theoretically it could take off.
What contradicting assumptions are you speaking of?
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There are 200 replies (WTF???) between here and the end, so this may be a repeat, but the asumption that the wheels and track are going the same speed in opposite directions. Since there is no way for the track to apply a force to the plane, the wheels will be going faster than the track, that is, the track can never catch up in speed.
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