Plane on Conveyor Belt...Revisited!

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

Oh no! Not again!!

The Mythbusters have decided to take this one on. It's supposed to air on 12 December.

http://www.mercurynews.com/food/ci_7...nclick_check=1

So, place your bets. The dead horse is about to take one more beating!

[MarkFL]

maybe next they'll tackle gravity...will a brick fall when dropped.

[MN6WS6]

I've never gotten in on this argument before, but logic says no way. No air going over the wings, no lift, no fly. The only exception to this rule would be an RC plane, which has a massive power to weight ratio, so they can take off like that. So unless they have a 502 twin turbo with a 250 shot of nitrous on an ultralite made of titanium and carbon fiber, I don't see how it could fly.

[Joe 1320]

[Jeff_in_Atl]

Can I ask a mod or admin to delete this? Not again.

[Trash man]

haha the thread that i started

but seriously, we need to drop a nuke on this topic

[DierDesire824]

ahaha it truly has been a while since this was brought up that i remember beginning of the summer ? Someone keep us posted on the show hah def one i wanna see!

[FroSSty]

RUN!!!!!!

[Steel2686]

I think a few of the people that got a bit out of hand with the debate are no longer on this site.

With that said, we'll just let Adam and Jamie sort it out.

[Joe 1320]

Can I ask a mod or admin to delete this? Not again.

If we voted on it, I would have no problem making the thread go gentile into that goodnight.

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

Wow...I didn't know it ended up getting that out of hand.

In any case, I'll be sure to watch the episode to see what happens. No matter what happens I don't think it will change that many people's minds.

[MarkFL]

...I'll be sure to watch the episode to see what happens...

the brick will fall.

[MunsonGTA]

I've never gotten in on this argument before, but logic says no way. No air going over the wings, no lift, no fly. The only exception to this rule would be an RC plane, which has a massive power to weight ratio, so they can take off like that. So unless they have a 502 twin turbo with a 250 shot of nitrous on an ultralite made of titanium and carbon fiber, I don't see how it could fly.

you're correct about the no lift, no fly part. what you aren't taking into account, is that planes don't use wheels to move. they use the force of air, from either the prop or the jet engine. that alone will make the plane move forward, causing it to gain air over the wings, and eventually take off if the conveyor was long enough.

[TraceZ]

you're correct about the no lift, no fly part. what you aren't taking into account, is that planes don't use wheels to move. they use the force of air, from either the prop or the jet engine. that alone will make the plane move forward, causing it to gain air over the wings, and eventually take off if the conveyor was long enough.

Correct. The conveyor belt has no way to stop or even slow down the airplane. The wheels freewheel on bearings. There is very little friction in the wheels. As soon as the pilot hits the throttle, the airplane will begin to move forward and the treadmill will be helpless to even slow it down. The treadmill will accelerate to its mechanical limit and other than making the wheels on the airplane spin fast accomplish nothing.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

Correct. The conveyor belt has no way to stop or even slow down the airplane. The wheels freewheel on bearings. There is very little friction in the wheels. As soon as the pilot hits the throttle, the airplane will begin to move forward and the treadmill will be helpless to even slow it down. The treadmill will accelerate to its mechanical limit and other than making the wheels on the airplane spin fast accomplish nothing.

What he said.