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HAY /sci/, logic problem!

Name: Anonymous 2006-11-01 22:35

There is a giant, 10 mile long stetch of runway with a 747 on the middle of it. The runway, however, is specially designed to move, much in the same way that a treadmill will move, in the opposite direction of the plane. Secondly, the treadmill is attached to a computer which will match the acceleration of the plane exactly and constantly, in the opposite direction.

What is the result of this experiment? Does the plane ever take off?

Name: Anonymous 2006-11-03 1:25

continuing,

the reason the wheel against the ground friction has to be higher is so that when the treadmill runway pulls back, it turns the wheel rather than pulling the plane backward.  the inertia of the plane do the work of keeping it nearly stationary and allowing the wheels to spin, and the jet thrust can be left to push the plane forward.

the point is, the wheels will be spinning as though the plane were moving twice as fast on a normal runway.

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