you see, im not the only who thinks this.

 

noooooooooooo, not my idol, lol

 

heres something i do know. there are 8 planets in our solar system

 

at a stand still which the plane would be at would not generate a true moving speed thus not creating the wind that is used to lift the plane. You see the air that travels under and over the wings creates the needed lift could only be created my the actual moving force or drag only made by something actually moving not in a stand still move. take in consideration if you go outside and run as you run you feel the wind blowing faster now if you go and run on a treadmill you will notice that there is no wind generated. so you see the main factor to get a plane off the ground is wind to actually carry it all the engines do is keep it moving through the air so it can maintain the wind speed to keep it a float or in this case to get it off the ground.
So no wind no flight its simple! all you would be doing is wasting fuel.

 

OK, simple solution. Someone have a treadmill? And nother person with a R/C airplane? That will solve the problem.

Or, just email NASA, I dont think anyone will argue with them..

 

the rc thing will be hard for us, cuz you have to adjust the treadmill to the speed of the rc plane

 

no wind on flight. treadmills dont generate wind or drag! simple as that. only thing the engines will be doing is keeping it from being flung off of the "treadway" and all the treadmill will be doing is keeping the wheel spinning

 

but there will not be wind generated IT NEEDS WIND TO GET LIFT OFF. its simple psysics of how a plane works

 

tricked ya. its just been anounced thats theres only 8. Pluto is no longer one, whos the dummy now, lol

 

the wheels are free spinning in the air, but not really on the ground. the most important thing is that the speed of the treadmill is connected to the throttle. if that wanst true, then yes it could take off an a reallllllllllllllly long runway

 

no cuz then i would be wrong and their would only be 7

 

ive got a bunch of crap to do today for classes. i cant be on here all day. have fun guys. but i bet you i could race that plane on foot and beat it in a 40yrd dash

 

Here's another scenario to explain why the plane will lift off:


and, damn all of you. I could really care less about this, but nooooooo I have to be **** and go researching all over the internet to find out about this shiot!

Dammit, someone owes me a beer!

 

i got 25 cents in my pocket. want me to mail it to ya

 

but that concept wont work. you are adding a wall and a rope into the equation. lets say you strap a rocket to the board. once that rocket lites up, the treadmill goes the speed of the rocket. the boards going nowhere

 

i dont buy that the wheels are free spinning on the ground. you have the weight of the plane on them. go try to turn a wheel on a jet. not going to move. dang guys. i got to go. my brains fried and i have business to take care of. im going to be at a thousand post in no time this way

 

But, the rope and wall represent the "thrust" which has nothing to do with the treadmill and skateboard. The wheels on the plane have no powertrain hooked to them, so they just free spin! It's mostly the same with landing a plane. The wheels do have brakes, but not enough to stop the plane. They always use reverse thrust to stop the plane, and move the flaps on the wings to help.

Trust me, I was right there with you on this one thinking it wouldn't work. But, putting ALL the factors together I see that it would take off.

 

awww come on, we can get 3 or 4 more pages of the same things back and forth...................................

 

i cant believe people keep arguing about this . . . IT WILL TAKE OFF.

 

i still think the plane is too heavy for it to do that. the treadmill will have to break the weight of the plane, which is possible. it would just have to be pretty fast. i just took a shower, and i thought i was wrong. but then i thought i was right. i know i will leave this thread 50, 50. lol