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Mythbusters to take on: PLANE ON A TREADMILL!!

scoober78

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Don't get me wrong...I love Mythbusters, but isn't it funny that the show only works because most people never took high school physics?:D
 
raptor10

raptor10

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I took high school physics and AP Physics... we never put a real life airplane on a conveyor belt... :D
 
Fly Navy

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Do they really have to do this one? If there is no air moving over the wings, airplane won't fly...
 
Tex_Hill

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Fly Navy said:
Do they really have to do this one? If there is no air moving over the wings, airplane won't fly...
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raptor10

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Fly Navy said:
Do they really have to do this one? If there is no air moving over the wings, airplane won't fly...
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As long as the planes' engine can overcome the friction between the wheel and the "conveyor" it will take off.
 
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Schnugg

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It's gettin' a bit dramatic 'round here...
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All it needs is air moving over the wing at the right speed and AOA to fly...I'm guessing people are confusing the propwash for that.

The propeller and associated propwash is what moves the plane through the air mass to generate the air/lift over the wing.

right?
 
BACONATOR

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This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of....until I read the thread debating it.
 
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