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Old 01-28-2008, 04:57 PM   #53
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Now, if you replaced the treadmill with a high-powered wind generator, you could in theory generate much more lift than on a conventional runway and shorten the lift distance.
Heh, until they left the influence of the big fan.

Though I wonder if you could do it in such a way that the plane could transition..
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