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Hack&Lube · 01-29-2008, 01:12 AM

This really depends on how fast the conveyer belt is moving isn't it? If the conveyer belt is moving fast enough to negate the thrust of a propeller aircraft, gravity will keep the plane on the belt and airspeed over the wings won't be sufficient to cause enough lift to take-off.

When you are a running on a treadmill, do you feel any air resistance? No. It's because you are not moving through the air, you are basically stationary. The entire key is getting the conveyer belt to move fast enough and somehow get wheels that could survive something like that and we'll see.

This is another myth that takes some time to wrap your head around, like the one where the pigeons in a truck start flying - does the truck get lighter? (no)

01-29-2008, 01:12 AM	#105
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	This really depends on how fast the conveyer belt is moving isn't it? If the conveyer belt is moving fast enough to negate the thrust of a propeller aircraft, gravity will keep the plane on the belt and airspeed over the wings won't be sufficient to cause enough lift to take-off. When you are a running on a treadmill, do you feel any air resistance? No. It's because you are not moving through the air, you are basically stationary. The entire key is getting the conveyer belt to move fast enough and somehow get wheels that could survive something like that and we'll see. This is another myth that takes some time to wrap your head around, like the one where the pigeons in a truck start flying - does the truck get lighter? (no) Last edited by Hack&Lube; 01-29-2008 at 01:14 AM.